Questão jurídica principal
Whether a new psychiatric expertise had to be ordered under Arts. 19-20 CP
Decisão extraída
No new expertise was required because the medical situation had not fundamentally changed and the existing expert assessments were still sufficient.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that an expertise is required only if serious indications create doubt as to responsibility. The 1998 expertise and later medical reports both described episodic alcohol dependence and an emotionally labile personality; later alcohol-related convictions did not show a new development requiring renewed expertise.