Facts

In the context of juvenile criminal proceedings against [X.] , his parents initially requested the granting of court-appointed defence by lawyer Dieter Roth. Later, they requested a change of the court-appointed defender and the admission of a private defender, lawyer Nicolas Roulet. The Juvenile Prosecutor's Office of Basel-Landschaft rejected these requests. [X.] appealed these decisions to the Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft, which dismissed the appeal. [X.] then filed two criminal appeals to the Federal Supreme Court. In the first appeal (1B_289/2012), he requested that Dieter Roth be replaced as the court-appointed defender by Nicolas Roulet. In the second appeal (1B_291/2012), he demanded that he be allowed to have a private defence counsel in addition to the court-appointed defender.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court considered:
  • There is only one single decision of the Cantonal Court, which was provided in two different copies with different case numbers. - The appeal in case 1B_289/2012 is not to be considered, as the appellant could not demonstrate an irreparable legal disadvantage.…