Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the refusal of cantonal legal aid for the request for new trial evidence violated Art. 29(3) BV
Decisione estratta
The refusal did not violate the constitutional right to legal aid because the request for new trial evidence was deemed insufficiently promising after anticipatory assessment of the evidence.
Motivazione estratta
The Court held that a claim is not hopeless only when chances of success are comparable to or only slightly lower than the risks. Here, the cantonal judge could assess the evidence prospects in advance; the appellant did not show that the factual findings were arbitrary.