JUDGMENTS
Judgments of 2020
27 judgments decided in 2020, newest first.
- 649/202024 NOV 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 781-A/2020 · Rapp. Victória Manuel da Silva IzataA bank manager, sentenced by the Supreme Court to 10 years' imprisonment for continuous fraud, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality, invoking the privilege against self-incrimination, the presumption…
- 648/202010 NOV 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 810-B/2020 · Rapp. Josefa Antónia dos Santos NetoThree defendants in pre-trial detention, committed for trial more than eight months after arrest without any order extending the time limit, appealed against a Supreme Court judgment refusing their habeas corpus application on…
- 642/202021 OCT 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 793-A/2020 · Rapp. Carlos Alberto Bravo Burity da SilvaThe company T&M – Prestação de Serviços, Lda. and two individuals lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment upholding the termination of a contract and ordering them to…
- 627/202024 JUN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 773-A/2019 · Rapp. Victória Manuel da Silva IzataA citizen acquitted at first instance and later convicted by the Supreme Court, on appeal by the Public Prosecution Service, of a sexual offence against a child lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality,…
- 626/202024 JUN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 771-C/2019 · Rapp. Carlos Alberto Bravo Burity da SilvaThe appellant, sentenced at first instance to eight years' imprisonment, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment declaring his appeal lapsed for failure to file written…
- 615/202019 MAY 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 732-B/2019 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaThe appellant brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the judgment of the Civil and Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court ordering a property to be returned to the respondents, claiming she…
- 614/202029 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 772-D/2019 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaThe appellant, convicted of rape, brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a judgment of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court refusing to annul his trial by a single judge under CSMJ…
- 613/202029 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 760-D/2019 · Rapp. Carlos Manuel dos Santos TeixeiraThe appellant, sentenced to four years and six months' imprisonment, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment upholding his conviction, alleging that his immediate…
- 612/202028 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus)
Case No. 790-B/2020 · Rapp. Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa PrataA citizen sentenced by the Plenary of the Supreme Court to 8 years' imprisonment appealed against the judgment refusing him habeas corpus, arguing that, having lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality, his…
- 611/202022 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 723-C/2019 · Rapp. Carlos Manuel dos Santos TeixeiraA citizen convicted in summary criminal proceedings lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Luanda Provincial Court order refusing to admit his ordinary appeal under Article 648 of the Code of…
- 610/202021 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 766-B/2019 · Rapp. Simão de Sousa VictorA citizen convicted of robbery lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment increasing his sentence to 18 years' imprisonment, invoking the presumption of innocence,…
- 609/202015 APR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 738-B/2019 · Rapp. Josefa Antónia dos Santos NetoA worker lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court Labour Chamber judgment upholding his disciplinary dismissal by Sumitomo Corporation, which reversed the first-instance decision…
- 608/202015 APR 2020
Parliamentary disputes
Case No. 782-B/2019 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaA Member of Parliament challenged National Assembly Resolution No. 63/19, which approved the loss of her seat for excessive absences, alleging that she had justified them and that there had been no disciplinary proceedings or…
- 605/202017 MAR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 764-D/2019 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaA citizen lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, arguing that his arrest outside flagrante delicto, ordered by the Public…
- 604/202017 MAR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 770-B/2019 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaA defendant accused of embezzlement and corruption appealed against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging that pre-trial detention limits had expired, that the coercive measure lacked reasoning…
- 607/202014 MAR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus)
Case No. 787-C/2020 · Rapp. Josefa Antónia dos Santos NetoThe appellant brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging that he had been arrested outside the act of committing an offence…
- 606/202014 MAR 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 763-C/2019 · Rapp. Victória Manuel da Silva IzataRobert Hudson, Lda lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the judgment of the Labour Chamber of the Supreme Court ordering it to reinstate three workers and pay their back wages because they had…
- 603/202019 FEB 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 749-A/2019 · Rapp. Júlia de Fátima Leite FerreiraTwo citizens in pre-trial detention lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment refusing their habeas corpus application, alleging lack of grounds for the measure, failure…
- 602/202019 FEB 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 767-A/2020 · Rapp. Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa PrataA defendant in pre-trial detention lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging arrest without a warrant outside flagrante…
- 601/202019 FEB 2020
Political parties and coalitions (appeal to the Plenary)
Case No. 727-C/2019 · Rapp. Carlos Manuel dos Santos TeixeiraThe founding committee of the União dos Reinos de Angola – Partido Popular Monárquico (URAPPM) appealed to the Plenary against the President of the Court's order rejecting the party's registration and cancelling the committee's…
- 600/202018 FEB 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 637-C/2018 · Rapp. Carlos MagalhãesThe appellants, sentenced by the Supreme Court to six and four years' imprisonment for embezzlement, alleged breaches of the adversarial principle, legality, equality and fair trial, as they had not been notified of the Public…
- 599/202018 FEB 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 642-D/2018 · Rapp. Carlos MagalhãesKhyber Internacional, Lda. brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a judgment of the Civil, Administrative, Tax and Customs Chamber of the Supreme Court upholding the refusal of its interim…
- 598/202018 FEB 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 623-A/2018 · Rapp. Carlos MagalhãesThe appellant lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment declaring his civil appeal, in proceedings for recognition of a de facto union, lapsed for non-payment of the initial…
- 597/202016 JAN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 710-B/2019 · Rapp. Josefa Antónia dos Santos NetoThe appellant, sentenced at first instance to 8 years and 6 months for intentional homicide, challenged the Supreme Court judgment increasing the sentence to 14 years, alleging reformatio in pejus and breaches of the adversarial…
- 596/202016 JAN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 744-D/2010 · Rapp. Maria da Conceição de Almeida SangoA citizen convicted of breach of trust lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment reducing his sentence from 8 to 6 years' imprisonment, alleging arrest without a warrant,…
- 595/202014 JAN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 747-C/2019 · Rapp. Simão de Sousa VictorFive citizens convicted at first instance of manslaughter lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment which, on the prosecution's appeal, reclassified the offence as…
- 594/201914 JAN 2020
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus)
Case No. 722-B/2019 · Rapp. Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa PrataA defendant suspected of embezzlement of public funds lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment refusing his habeas corpus application after his release on identity and…