Restriction of the right of defense in criminal proceedings: convicting and increasing the base sentence for what was not allowed to be proven

Mariana da Silva França de Oliveira1 The right to evidence as an expression of the presumption of innocence, adversarial proceedings, and full defense The Brazilian Code of Criminal Procedure grants the accused the right to request evidentiary measures that he or she deems relevant to the defense, as provided in art. 396 A, at the […]
