Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A defendant lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, arguing that the pre-trial detention limit had been exceeded because the indictment was served on him only after four months. He invoked the presumption of innocence, fair trial and adversarial proceedings. The Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the law requires only that the indictment be issued in time, late service being a mere irregularity.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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