Questão jurídica principal
Whether the remand proceedings required an oral public hearing
Decisão extraída
No. The defendant had been able to file written submissions, and neither the old nor the new procedural rules gave him a general right to an oral hearing after remand.
Fundamentação extraída
For pre-2011 remand decisions, former law remained applicable; Art. 29 para. 2 of the Constitution only guarantees an opportunity to be heard, not oral proceedings. The change in panel composition did not itself require new debates.