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9840610 AI generated

Criminal appeal: Recurrenter bears burden to instruct appeal; judge cannot refuse based on justice secrecy.

Case Number 9840610
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto allowed the criminal appeal, ruling that the appellant must independently instruct the proceedings and specify required documents. The court held that the judge cannot refuse these requests by invoking the secrecy of justice. Consequently, the burden of providing necessary evidence rests solely with the party filing the appeal.

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RECURSO PENAL SUBIDA DO RECURSO INSTRUÇÃO DO RECURSO PODERES DO JUIZ SEGREDO DE JUSTIÇA

Keywords

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criminal appeal instruction burden of proof appellant judicial secrecy limitation procedural burden allocation recurrence powers

Cited Legislation

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CPC67 Art. 724 n.º 2
CPP87 Art. 4
CPP87 Art. 86 n.º 1
CPP87 Art. 89 n.º 2

Cited Case Law

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AC TC DE 1997/02/19 IN DR IIS DE 1997/04/30

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 05/07/1998

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00024486

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199810289840610

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 2471/98

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T I CR PORTO 2J

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/AE187CB1DAEB9C868025686B00671D72?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Nos recursos a subir em separado, é o recorrente que tem o ónus ( e o direito ) de instruir o recurso, indicando as peças que considera necessárias a este, não podendo o juiz invocar o segredo de justiça para fundamentar a recusa àquele das peças processuais pretendidas.