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Constitutional court dismisses public prosecution appeal after minor offense is granted amnesty by lower court.

Case Number TC_19940545
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The 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.

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Articles 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.

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amnesty decision public prosecution appeal inadmissible appeal extinction of proceedings constitutional review minor offense legal standing

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Articles 222 and 223 of the Constitution

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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