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 12). The Portuguese page shows an unofficial transcription.
The appellant brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment upholding his two-year prison sentence for passive corruption, alleging breaches of the adversarial principle, the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial and the duty to give reasons. The Court noted that the judgment under appeal should not have been enforced, given the suspensive effect of the appeal, but found no breach of any constitutional principle, right or guarantee.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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