Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The appellant, held in pre-trial detention, brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing him habeas corpus, arguing that the failure to carry out the two-monthly review of the grounds for detention made his detention unlawful. The Court dismissed the appeal because that failure is a mere procedural irregularity, curable on application, which does not make detention ordered and maintained by judicial decision unlawful or 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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