Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal of free legal aid in the criminal proceedings was lawful
Solution extraite
The refusal was upheld because the case was a petty case, the complainant's interests were not significantly affected, and the factual and legal issues were not sufficiently difficult to make counsel objectively necessary.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 29(3) of the Constitution and the cantonal rules, free legal aid requires indigence, non-frivolous claims, significant impact on interests, and objective necessity of a lawyer. The Court agreed that none of the required special difficulties were shown and that the complainant could defend her rights effectively on her own.