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Portuguese Supreme Court rejects starting concrete sentencing from the average of abstract penalty limits.

Case Number 041322
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the appeal regarding the calculation of a specific criminal penalty. The appellant argued that the sentence should be derived from the midpoint between the statutory minimum and maximum limits. The court held that sentencing must result from the judge's freedom to adapt the abstract range to the concrete case with prudence and balance, rather than using a mathematical average.

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MEDIDA DA PENA PONTO DE PARTIDA PONTO MEDIO LIMITE MAXIMO DA PENA LIMITE MINIMO DA PENA

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concrete sentencing abstract penalty limits judicial discretion statutory minimum maximum Portuguese criminal law

Cited Legislation

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Art. 52, n.º 1 do Código de Processo Penal
Art. 53 do Código Penal

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00007942

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199102270413223

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 123/90

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T J V REAL

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/623319CCCDBD8E4F802568FC0039BDA2?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Na fixação da pena concreta não deve partir-se da media entre os limites minimo e maximo da pena abstracta.

A determinação concreta ha-de resultar da liberdade de a adaptar a cada caso concreto, liberdade que o julgador deve usar com prudencia e equilibrio, dentro dos canones jurisprudenciais e da experiencia, no exercicio do que verdadeiramente e a arte de julgar.