Key legal question
Whether the appellant was denied the right to be heard before the legal aid was withdrawn or refused for the appeal
Extracted holding
No. If legal aid does not cover frivolous requests from the outset, there is no unconstitutional hearing requirement for a separate withdrawal decision.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the cantonal rules, as interpreted by the lower court, allowed refusal of aid for frivolous submissions without a formal revocation. In that situation there is no interference requiring prior hearing in the sense claimed by the appellant.