Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A defendant in pre-trial detention lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, arguing that keeping him detained while his co-defendants were released breached the presumption of innocence, equality and proportionality. The Court dismissed the appeal, finding no unlawful detention and holding that applying different coercive measures to co-defendants does not in itself breach the principle of equality.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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