Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal against the cantonal refusal to replace appointed defense counsel was admissible despite being an incidental decision.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged incidental decision did not cause irreparable legal harm.
Extracted reasoning
A refusal to change ex officio counsel normally does not prevent an effective defense, since the accused remains assisted by appointed counsel. No special circumstances such as a conflict of interest, manifest deficiencies, or an arbitrary refusal to consider the accused's wishes were shown.