Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the refusal of unentgeltliche Rechtspflege and legal representation violated Art. 29 BV because the appeal was allegedly hopeless and the request insufficiently substantiated.
Decisione estratta
The refusal violated the constitutional right to legal aid; the appeal was not manifestly hopeless and the applicant had to be allowed to supplement the request.
Motivazione estratta
A summary review did not show the appeal to be clearly without prospects given the balancing of public and private interests in the expulsion case. The cantonal court also could not reject the request solely for lack of immediate substantiation, because the applicant was entitled to clarify the legal-aid request with the appeal reasoning; substituting another reasoning was excluded.