CRIMINAL SUBJECT TO PUBLIC REPRESENTATION

Report written by Scribe Valdemir Mota de Menezes

05/04/08Criminal Action Conditional Public RepresentationThere are four types of action in the Brazilian Criminal Procedure, (1) the unconditional public prosecution, (2) criminal actions subject to public representation, (3) the prosecution of private initiative and (4) the prosecution of public private subsidiary .
The criminal subject to public representation (APPCR), as its name implies, depends on the representation of the victim (art. 24, 38 and 39 CPP) for the establishment of the police investigation (art. 5, § 4, CPP) or for the offering of the complaint if the investigation is unnecessary since there are already enough evidence (art. 24, CPP).
The victim (or his legal representative, if it is unable) must exercise the right of action (representation) within 6 months after the knowledge of the offender (art. 38, CPP, and art. 103, CP).
It follows a short discussion, if the victim was minor when the crime occurred and its legal representative ceased to be within the statutory period, the victim may, when it becomes capable (turns 18), exercise the right of representation? It's almost peaceful and so within six months begin on the day of his birthday. (Cf. Mirabet, Criminal Procedure, p. 101)
The representation is obviously a victim's right. She decides to give the state powers to investigate crime and prosecute someone. It is possible to retract the representation, however, it can only occur by the offer of the complaint. After the offering of the complaint the action is definitely in the hands of prosecutors and the victim can no longer decide on any aspect of the course of the proceedings (art. 102, Criminal Code).
It is possible to revoke the disclaimer. Thus, while within the preclusive period of six months the victim may present a new representation, although it has been portrayed the past.
To determine whether the action is subject to representation, just see the writing of crime in the penal code. Examples: Risk of venereal contagion (art. 130), threat (art. 147), violation of business correspondence (art. 152), disclosure of secret (Art. 153), theft of a common thing (art. 156).

AUTO PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE

The photographic reconnaissance is a legal act which should be recorded in a document called Auto photographic reconnaissance. This document spells out the act in which the victim formally recognizes the person who committed a crime.

EXEMPLE:

Been recorded by Valdemir Mota de Menezes, the Scribe.

that on the facts of the declarant was with her ​​husband in St. Paul Street, looking for a motorcycle that her husband had been stolen that morning, when I was in the middle of the avenue, the interviewee and her husband were surrounded by several individuals, the aka NIS pointed a gun at her husband and another guy who knows how to call ONION searched the Walter and removed the guns that it carried at the waist. Among those bandits of the group only heard the name of the NIS AND ONION. After stealing the weapons of Walter, the band sent to the interviewee and her husband come out of the neighborhood. Although some marginal spoke to Nei, to kill Walter for being a cop. The witness left the place with Walter and the police were recording the occurrence. Have you noticed the photographic albums and has no doubt recognize the individuals and the Nei ONION as participants in the robbery.