Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The appellant, whose homicide conviction had been requalified by the Supreme Court as bodily harm resulting in death, with an 8-year prison sentence, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against that judgment, invoking the principles of material truth and in dubio pro reo regarding causation. The Court dismissed the appeal, since it is not for the Court to reassess evidence and the judgment had grounded causation in the proven facts and the forensic medical report.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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