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Portuguese court allows partial conviction for theft and forgery when a check is filled with a copied signature.

Case Number 045555
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The court partially allowed the appeal against the acquittal of the defendant, who was charged with theft and forgery of an authentic document. The prosecution argued that the defendant committed the crimes by stealing a check and filling it out by imitating the legitimate owner's signature. The court ruled that the act of creating a false document through signature imitation constitutes the crime of forgery, thereby overturning the acquittal on that specific charge.

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FURTO FALSIFICAÇÃO DE DOCUMENTO AUTÊNTICO

Keywords

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theft of check forgery of authentic document signature imitation criminal appeal partial conviction

Cited Legislation

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Art. 296 CP
Art. 228 n.º 1 alínea a) e 2 CP
Art. 71 CP
Art. 72 CP
Art. 228 n.º 1 A C n.º 2 CP
Art. 229 CP
Art. 231 n.º 1 CP
Art. 297 n.º 1 n.º 2 n.º 3 CP
Art. 362 CCIV66
Art. 1 LUCH
Comete os crimes de furto do artigo 296 e de falsificação de documento autêntico, do artigo 228 ns. 1 alínea a) e 2 do Código Penal, aquele que subtrai um impresso de cheque e o preenche, imitando a assinatura do legítimo portador.
Art. 2 LUCH
L 23/91 DE 1991/07/04
L 15/94 DE 1994/05/11

Cited Case Law

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ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC41694 DE 1991/03/13
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45533 DE 1994/01/05
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45694 DE 1994/01/19
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45617 DE 1994/01/19
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45826 DE 1994/01/19
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45847 DE 1994/01/26
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45818 DE 1994/02/02
ACÓRDÃO STJ PROC45612 DE 1994/02/02

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00027991

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199507050455553

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 33/93

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] CJSTJ 1995 ANOIII TII PAG257

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T J MAFRA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/5C00ED93BCF49EF1802568FC003B1DFC?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Comete os crimes de furto do artigo 296 e de falsificação de documento autêntico, do artigo 228 ns. 1 alínea a) e 2 do Código Penal, aquele que subtrai um impresso de cheque e o preenche, imitando a assinatura do legítimo portador.