Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A defendant lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the order of the President of the Supreme Court refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging that the maximum pre-trial detention period had been exceeded and his right to liberty breached. The Court declared the proceedings closed as devoid of purpose, because his conviction in the main proceedings had become final, turning the detention into a custodial sentence and making a ruling on habeas corpus unnecessary.
Decision
Proceedings closed as devoid of purpose
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus) (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade (Habeas Corpus))
Full text
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