Constitutional Court dismisses appeal as unnecessary, citing prior decisions on same legal issue.
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Constitutional Court declared the appeal unnecessary and refused to examine the merits. The Ministry of Public Prosecution filed the appeal against a lower court decision, relying on prior rulings that already addressed the identical legal question. The court determined that since the same issues were previously settled by binding precedents, no further constitutional review was required.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiertArt. 221.º da CRP; Art. 222.º da CRP: When a constitutional question has already been definitively resolved by prior binding decisions of the Constitutional Court, the court may declare a subsequent appeal on the same issue unnecessary without examining its merits.
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KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertZitierte Rechtsprechung
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Acórdão 705/96
Proc. nº 424/95 ACÓRDÃO N º 705/96
1ª Secção
Cons. Rel.: Assunção Esteves
Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:
Neste processo, vindo do Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Seixal e sendo recorrente o Ministério Público, decide-se, por inutilidade, conforme os fundamentos dos acórdãos nºs. 587/95, 134/96, 135/96 e 153/96 [inéditos, juntando-se cópia do primeiro], não tomar conhecimento do recurso.
Lisboa, 22 de Maio de 1996
Ass) Maria da Assunção Esteves
Vítor Nunes de Almeida
Alberto Tavares da Costa
Antero Alves Monteiro Dinis
Maria Fernanda Palma
Armindo Ribeiro Mendes
Luis Nunes de Almeida