Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The Public Prosecution Service lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment, arguing that Resolution No. 3/15 of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, allowing trials by a single judge instead of a panel, was unconstitutional. The Court declined to hear the appeal for lack of subject matter, since the appellant challenged legal rules rather than the judgment's grounds; the extraordinary appeal targets court decisions, and the appropriate route would be subsequent abstract review.
Decision
Appeal not heard
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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