Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A citizen convicted of rape brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment that increased his sentence to nine years' imprisonment, invoking the principles of equality, legality, the prohibition of reformatio in peius, in dubio pro reo and the right to a fair trial. The Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the increase had a legal basis and that the conviction rested on legally admissible, freely assessed evidence.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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