Key legal question
Whether refusal of appointed defense counsel in the criminal case was lawful
Extracted holding
The refusal was lawful because the case was straightforward, the accused had admitted the facts, and no particular factual or legal difficulty justified office counsel.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 6 ECHR and Art. 29(3) Constitution, appointed counsel is required only when the accused lacks means and defense is necessary to safeguard rights. Here, the seriousness and complexity threshold was not met; language difficulties did not prevent effective self-defense, and no pretrial detention or prosecutorial intervention triggered mandatory appointment under cantonal law.