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Portuguese court allows criminal appeal to ascend with final decision despite unsigned draft due to illness.

Case Number 9810189
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto allowed the criminal appeal to ascend alongside the final judgment, which had been drafted but not signed due to a judge's illness. The appellant argued that the unsigned document rendered the appeal inadmissible, while the court found the retention of the draft sufficient to prevent total uselessness. Consequently, the court ruled that the procedural defect did not justify halting the appeal's progression to the higher court.

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RECURSO PENAL SUBIDA DO RECURSO

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criminal appeal ascension unsigned judgment draft judicial illness exception procedural admissibility final decision inclusion

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CPP Art. 407

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 11/17/1997 [INDICACOES EVENTUAIS] O PROCESSO RECORRIDO É DO ANO DE 1997. [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00022827 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199802259810189 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 1411-A [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 4 J CR MATOSINHOS [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/CF50CFB0145EB1338025686B00670C11?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Sobe com o interposto da decisão final o recurso do despacho que anulou o processado a partir do início do julgamento, incluindo o acórdão - lavrado, mas não assinado por doença dum elemento do colectivo - por a retenção o não tornar absolutamente inútil.