Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the refusal to appoint counsel ex officio under Art. 132 CPP was lawful
Decisione estratta
The case was still a minor matter limited to money-laundering and facilitating illegal stay, with no special factual or legal difficulty requiring public defence.
Motivazione estratta
Art. 132 CPP allows ex officio defence outside mandatory defence cases only when the accused lacks means and assistance is justified. Here the potential sanction and complexity did not exceed the threshold, and hypothetical future proceedings about drug-trafficking complicity were irrelevant to the opposition currently pending.