Questão jurídica principal
Whether official defense had to be appointed for the juvenile accused under Arts. 24 and 25 JStPO
Decisão extraída
Yes. The accused's age, seriousness of the charges, procedural complexity, and the legal representative's limited language and educational capacity meant he could not adequately protect his interests without official defense.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 24 lit. b JStPO is an alternative ground for necessary defense; a generous standard applies in juvenile proceedings, and serious accusations with difficult evidence justify defense already during investigation.