Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A citizen convicted of intentional homicide lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment upholding his conviction, alleging lack of evidence, breach of the right to a fair trial and being tried twice for the same facts. The Court found that there had been no second trial, that the conviction rested on sufficient evidence, including a confession, and that it is not a third instance for reassessing evidence; the published text omits the operative part.
Decision
Appeal dismissed (inferred from the reasoning)
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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