Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the complaint against the cantonal decision on legal aid was admissible and whether the denial of legal aid violated Art. 29 para. 3 BV.
Decisione estratta
Legal aid may be refused only if the party can cover litigation costs without endangering the necessary living expenses and the claim is not arguable; here the cantonal findings on income and cooperation were not shown to be unconstitutional.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that the cantonal courts assessed the applicant's actual financial situation, not a merely hypothetical one, and that the applicant failed to demonstrate arbitrariness in the income assessment or a violation of the duty to reason his constitutional claims.