Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A citizen sentenced by the Supreme Court to four years' imprisonment for passing and circulating counterfeit currency appealed against that judgment, alleging incitement by criminal investigation officers, unlawfully obtained evidence and breaches of the principle of legality and the right to a fair trial. The Court dismissed the appeal because the decision was grounded in the applicable rules and freely assessed evidence, and it is not for the Court to reassess the merits.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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