Constitutional Court dismisses appeal due to lack of procedural content and no violation of presumption of innocence.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Constitutional Court declared the appeal inadmissible for lack of procedural content and found no violation of the right to a trial within a reasonable time. The applicant argued that the appellate court's decision to revoke the first-instance judgment and impose a heavier penalty violated his presumption of innocence and right to defense. The Court rejected these claims, noting that the procedural defect precluded examination of the merits and that the reformatio in peius principle was not violated.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 24.1 CE; Art. 24.2 CE: The Constitutional Court lacks jurisdiction to examine the merits of an appeal when the petition lacks procedural content, and the principle of reformatio in peius does not apply to invalidate a final judgment that increases the penalty.
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Identificación
Órgano
Sección Primera
Magistrados
Don Francisco Tomás y Valiente, don Luis Díez-Picazo y Ponce de León y don Eugenio Díaz Eimil.
Número y fecha BOE
Tipo y número de registro
Recurso de amparo 1450-1987
Fecha de resolución
14/03/1988
Síntesis y resumen
Síntesis Descriptiva
Acordando la inadmisión a trámite del recurso de amparo 1.450/1987
Resumen
Inadmisión. «Reformatio in peius»: no violado. Derecho a la presunción de inocencia. Prueba indiciaria. Contenido constitucional de la demanda: carencia.
Don Jesús Julián Alcarria Martínez interpone recurso de amparo contra Sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Cuenca que en apelación revoca la del Juzgado de Instrucción y condena por delito de lesiones leves. Invoca la vulneración de los derechos
consagrados en el art. 24.1 y 2 C.E.
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[PDF] https://hj.tribunalconstitucional.es/HJ/PDF/1988/1988_00314-1987_01450.pdf