Key legal question
Whether the applicant was entitled to mandatory ex officio defence in revision proceedings
Extracted holding
Yes. Because he had been sentenced to life imprisonment, the case fell within mandatory defence under Art. 130 CPP, so ex officio counsel had to be appointed under Art. 132 CPP.
Extracted reasoning
A defendant must have counsel when exposed to more than one year of imprisonment or a deprivation-of-liberty measure. Since the applicant had been convicted to life imprisonment, the requirement of mandatory defence was met.