Key legal question
Whether the refusal to replace court-appointed counsel was an appealable incidental decision causing irreparable harm.
Extracted holding
The decision was incidental, but no irreparable legal prejudice was shown because the appellant remained assisted by appointed counsel and no exceptional circumstances were established.
Extracted reasoning
A refusal to change ex officio counsel is normally not irreparably harmful; such harm exists only in exceptional situations such as conflict of interest, manifest deficiencies, or arbitrary disregard of the accused's wishes. None was alleged or proved here.