Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses public prosecution appeal on withdrawal of constitutional challenge.
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AI generatedThe Tribunal Constitucional declared the appeal by the Public Prosecution Service inadmissible due to the withdrawal of the constitutional challenge. The Public Prosecution Service filed a constitutional appeal against a decision, but the appellant subsequently withdrew the request before the court ruled. The court accepted the withdrawal as valid under the Civil Procedure Code, thereby dismissing the appeal without substantive review.
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AI generatedArt. 681.º do Código de Processo Civil; The withdrawal of a constitutional appeal is valid if made before the court's decision, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.
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ACÓRDÃO Nº 273/87
ACÓRDÃO N.º 216/87
Processo n.º 117/87
1ª Secção
Relator: Conselheiro Raul Mateus
Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:
Nestes autos de recurso de constitucionalidade em que é recorrente o Ministério Público e recorrido A., ao abrigo do disposto no artigo 681.º do Código de Processo Civil, analogicamente aplicável, decide-se julgar válida a desistência do recurso constante do documento de folhas 15.
Lisboa, 26 de Junho 1987
Raul Mateus
Antero Alves Monteiro Diniz
Vital Moreira
Armando Manuel Marques Guedes