Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
Six convicted citizens appealed against a Supreme Court judgment that, while dismissing their appeal, changed the legal classification of the facts and imposed a single sentence of 22 years' imprisonment, invoking the principle of legality and the right to a fair trial. The Court allowed the appeal and declared the judgment unconstitutional for breach of the right to a fair trial, since it had increased the applicable penalty range without stating the legal reasons for doing so.
Decision
Appeal allowed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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