Whether the appeal against the refusal of conditional release was admissible despite being filed and signed by the appellant's spouse, who was not a lawyer and had no power of attorney.
No. Only lawyers authorized under the Attorneys Act may represent accused persons in criminal proceedings; the procedural defect was not cured within the deadline, so the appeal could not be entered into.
Article 127(5) CPP reserves defense representation to authorized lawyers. This restriction also applies to a convicted person, who remains at the center of the criminal proceedings. G.________ could not validly represent A.________, and the deficiency was not remedied after the warning letter.