Kernrechtsfrage
Was the public-law appeal filed against the refusal of a second legal-aid counsel timely and admissible?
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was filed too late because the 3 September 2004 letter was already a formal decision; the later letter of 16 September 2004 did not restart the appeal period.
Extrahierte Begründung
The first letter contained sufficient reasoning and was challengeable. The second letter added no new reasoning or appeal instructions that could create a good-faith new time limit. No grounds justified restitution of the deadline.