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Portuguese court allows accused identification by name only if other details are referenced elsewhere in the indictment.

Case Number 9940822
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto upheld the admissibility of an indictment identifying the accused solely by name, with full details referenced in another document. The prosecution argued this format was sufficient, while the defense contended that complete identification was mandatory. The court ruled that the law only requires indications tending to identify the accused, making the abbreviated form valid when cross-referenced.

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PROCESSO PENAL ACUSAÇÃO FORMA NULIDADE NULIDADE POR FALTA DE FORMA LEGAL

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criminal procedure indictment form accused identification legal nullity procedural defect

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CPP98 Art. 283, n.º 3, alínea a)

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 05/12/1999 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00026517 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199911109940822 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 168-A/98 [REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] CJ T5 ANOXXIV OAG228 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J MONTALEGRE [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/B32FD8D52C4B014180256881004FC0BB?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Embora a forma mais segura, correcta e corrente de identificar o arguido na acusação seja, quando conste do processo, a identificação completa e pormenorizada do mesmo, é admissível que contenha apenas o nome, remetendo para outra peça processual quanto aos demais elementos identificadores visto a lei se limitar a exigir " indicações tendentes à identificação do arguido ".