Questão jurídica principal
Whether the constitutional complaint was filed within the 30-day time limit.
Decisão extraída
The complaint was filed too late because the deadline expired on 2008-05-22 and the filing was handed to the post only on 2008-05-23.
Fundamentação extraída
The challenged appellate decision was reportedly served on 2008-04-22; the 30-day period began on 2008-04-23 and ended on 2008-05-22. Under the postal dispatch rule, the complaint had to be handed over by that date.