Key legal question
Whether the appellate court unlawfully refused the defendant’s late requests for additional evidence.
Extracted holding
The refusal was not arbitrary because the requests were made too late and were not triggered by the course of the hearing.
Extracted reasoning
Under the cantonal rules, evidence motions had to be made at the latest at the start of the appeal hearing; an exception applied only if the need arose from the hearing itself. That exception applied to the prosecution’s request, not to the defendant’s motions.