Whether the appellant was entitled to court-appointed counsel on appeal
No. The appeal concerned a petty offense punishable only by a fine, so no right to free ex officio counsel was opened.
Under Art. 132 CPP, ex officio defense is justified only when the case is not minor and presents factual or legal difficulties the accused cannot overcome alone. Here, the sanction was only a CHF 180 fine, which qualified as a petty case; therefore the request had to be rejected.