Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A citizen sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment for preparatory acts relating to a terrorist organisation appealed against the Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging a breach of Article 65(4) of the Constitution because the new, more lenient anti-terrorism law had not been applied to him. The Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the application of the more favourable criminal law does not correspond to any of the grounds of unlawful detention that justify habeas corpus.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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