Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal authorities violated the defendant's right to assigned counsel by expecting him to file the motivated appeal brief himself after his lawyer withdrew.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No violation: the authorities could treat the lawyer's conduct as a refusal to pursue a hopeless appeal, and intervention was not required.
Extrahierte Begründung
Assigned counsel need not advance manifestly futile arguments; the court only need intervene where counsel's default is manifest or brought to its attention. The sentence did not make the case mandatory-defense, so no duty arose to secure counsel for the appeal stage.