Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A 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 residence undertaking was replaced by pre-trial detention, invoking lack of reasons and the presumption of innocence. The Court dismissed the appeal, as the grounds raised, proper to an ordinary appeal, fell outside the exhaustive grounds for habeas corpus in Article 315 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus) (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade (Habeas Corpus))
Full text
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