Constitutional appeal dismissed due to the supervening extinction of the criminal proceedings against the accused.
Portugal (PT)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Constitutional Court declared the constitutional appeal inadmissible because the underlying criminal proceedings against the accused had been extinguished by a judicial order. The Ministry of Public Prosecution sought review of the hospital's actions, but the court noted that the criminal case against the individual was already terminated on November 26, 1995. Consequently, the court ruled that the appeal was rendered useless by this supervening event and dismissed it without further examination.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 24.º n.º 2 da CRP; Art. 27.º n.º 1 da CRP: A constitutional appeal is inadmissible if the underlying legal proceedings have been extinguished, rendering the appeal superveniently useless.
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Acórdão 132/96
ACÓRDÃO Nº 132/96
Proc. nº 225/95
1ª Secção
Rel.: Consª Maria Fernanda Palma
Acordam na 1ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:
Nos presentes autos vindos do Tribunal Judicial do Funchal em que figuram como recorrente o Ministério Público e como recorridos o Centro Hospitalar do Funchal e A tendo em conta o despacho judicial de 26 de Novembro de 1995 que declarou extinto o procedimento criminal instaurado contra o arguido A decide-se julgar extinto o recurso de constitucionalidade por inutilidade superveniente da lide.
Lisboa 7 de Fevereiro de 1996
Maria Fernanda Palma
Maria da Assunção Esteves
Armindo Ribeiro Mendes
Vítor Nunes de Almeida
Alberto Tavares da Costa
Antero Alves Monteiro Diniz
José Manuel Cardoso da Costa