Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court rightly refused legal aid for the appeal as hopeless
Decisione estratta
Yes. The appeal had very little prospect of success, so legal aid and counsel could be refused.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 29(3) BV, legal aid is available only if the claim is not hopeless. The cantonal court reasonably found the underlying appeal unlikely to succeed because the applicant did not cooperate, did not disclose his whereabouts, did not claim the offered emergency aid, and the lower authority had also addressed the merits in the alternative.