Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A defendant in pre-trial detention lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against an order of the Acting President of the Benguela Court of Appeal upholding the refusal of habeas corpus, alleging arrest without a warrant and breach of the principles of legality, equality and the presumption of innocence. The Court dismissed the appeal, since the indictment had been issued within the legal time limit and, under the requirement of current unlawfulness, earlier irregularities already remedied could not ground habeas corpus.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus) (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade (Habeas Corpus))
Full text
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