Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The operative part of this judgment is handwritten in the official PDF (page 5). The Portuguese page shows an unofficial transcription.
A citizen lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment increasing her sentence from 20 to 23 years' imprisonment, invoking the prohibition of reformatio in pejus. In its reasoning, the Court concluded that the increase did not breach that principle because the Supreme Court had taken into account circumstances modifying the sentence, including the amnesty of concurrent offences and the sentencing range for the main offence.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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