PRETRIAL DETENTION | FLIGHT RISK | FOREIGN CITIZEN | TIES WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Coimbra Court of Appeal, proc. 203/10.0JELSB-A.C1, 05.06.2013
JURISDICTION: Criminal
SUBJECT: Crimes of drug trafficking and forgery; preventive measures
RAPPORTEUR: Maria José Nogueira
RULING: Grants the appeal, revoking the pretrial detention order and ordering the immediate release of the defendant, with resumption of the previously established preventive measure until the defendant’s conviction becomes final.
DOMESTIC LAW:
Code of Criminal Procedure [Articles 203, 204, 212, 311, 375(4), 412(1), 417(2)]
Criminal Code [Article 258(1)(c)]
Portuguese Constitution [Article 28(2)]
Executive Order No. 15/93, of 22 January 1993 [Articles 21(1), 25(a)]
Constitutional Court, judgment 720/97, 23.12.1997
Supreme Court of Justice, proc. 1166/97, 21.01.1998
Porto Court of Appeal, proc. 9120589, 16.10.1991
INTERNATIONAL LAW: n.a.
FOREIGN LAW: n.a.
KEYWORDS: Drug trafficking; forgery; preventive measures; pretrial detention; flight attempt; Angola; Brazil; France; India; relatives abroad; ties with various countries of the world; absence of professional activity; foreign citizen; Angolan citizen; acquisition of Portuguese nationality; cannabis; rebus sic stantibus; aggravation of the preventive measure; presumption of innocence; risk of further criminal acts; drug use habits; change of circumstances
COMMENTS: Coming soon.
REFERENCES IN THE LITERATURE:
FRIEDRICH, Nicole, Diferença Cultural Sub Judice: Minorias Étnicas na Jurisprudência dos Tribunais Superiores Portugueses [Cultural Difference in Court Decisions: Ethnic Minorities in the Case Law of Portuguese Higher Courts], Braga, University of Minho, 2022, available at https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/?locale=en.
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