Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The appellant, convicted at first instance of the rape of a minor, a conviction upheld by the Supreme Court, brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality alleging breach of the presumption of innocence owing to insufficient evidence. The Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the conviction rested on evidence gathered in accordance with the law that excluded reasonable doubt, so that neither the presumption of innocence nor the in dubio pro reo principle had been breached.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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