Constitutional court dismisses public prosecution appeal after minor offense is granted amnesty by lower court.
Portugal (PT)
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Constitutional Court declared the public prosecution's appeal inadmissible and extinguished the proceedings. The lower criminal court had granted amnesty for the minor offense committed by the defendant. Consequently, the court ruled that the appeal lacked legal standing because the underlying criminal liability had already been removed by the amnesty decision.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiertArticles 222 and 223 of the Constitution; where a lower court grants amnesty for a transgression, any subsequent appeal by the public prosecution against that amnesty decision is inadmissible and the appeal is extinguished.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertVolltext
Acórdão 545/94
ACÓRDÃO Nº 545/94
Proc. nº 820/93
2ª Secção
Rel: Consº Sousa e Brito
Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:
No presente processo, em que é recorrente o Ministério Público e recorrido A., por ter sido amnistiada a transgressão a que se reportam os autos, por decisão do Tribunal de Pequena Instância Criminal de Lisboa, decide-se julgar extinto o recurso.
Lisboa,19 de Outubro de 1994
José de Sousa e Brito
Fernando Alves Correia
Guilherme da Fonseca
Messias Bento
Luís Nunes de Almeida