Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal authorities violated the defendant's right to assigned counsel by expecting him to file the motivated appeal brief himself after his lawyer withdrew.
Solution extraite
No violation: the authorities could treat the lawyer's conduct as a refusal to pursue a hopeless appeal, and intervention was not required.
Motifs extraits
Assigned counsel need not advance manifestly futile arguments; the court only need intervene where counsel's default is manifest or brought to its attention. The sentence did not make the case mandatory-defense, so no duty arose to secure counsel for the appeal stage.