Key legal question
Whether the cantonal refusal of free legal aid violated Art. 29(3) BV because the appellant was indigent and the available assets could not be used for litigation costs.
Extracted holding
The appellant failed to show that the cantonal court's finding of sufficient net assets was arbitrary or that the assets could not reasonably be used to cover the litigation costs.
Extracted reasoning
For indigence, both income and assets matter. The appellant did not specifically challenge the lower court's asset finding or explain why a net fortune of CHF 210,000 could not cover the CHF 4,000 advance on costs without affecting the subsistence minimum.