STC 80/2024: Testimonies and conviction in cassation

Constitutional Court · STC 80/2024

Issue examined

The appeal concerns a Supreme Court Criminal Chamber judgment convicting the appellant of several offences on an appeal on points of law.

Summary published by the Constitutional Court

Violation of the rights to a trial with all guarantees (double criminal instance) and to the presumption of innocence: a conviction in cassation that dispenses with the direct examination of personal testimony and of the accused himself and that cannot be reviewed.

The file retains the distinction between violation and alleged violation used by the source. In order to know the judgement, the grounds and the individual votes must be consulted the full resolution.