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, after the Public Prosecution Service had replaced non-custodial measures with pre-trial detention, alleging lack of reasoning and breach of liberty and the presumption of innocence. The Court dismissed the appeal, holding that the law allowed the coercive measure to be changed and that pre-trial detention did not in itself breach the presumption of innocence.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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