Custody Hearing (*Audiência de Custódia*)
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A hearing held by a judge shortly after an arrest in the act of the crime (prisão em flagrante), attended by the person arrested, the defense, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, to release the person from an unlawful arrest or to decide on pretrial detention.
Legal reference: Code of Criminal Procedure, art. 310.