Questão jurídica principal
Whether the OHG compensation and satisfaction claim was filed within the two-year forfeiture period.
Decisão extraída
The formal OHG request of 1 December 2003 was out of time; the earlier letters to the district attorney were not valid OHG claims against the State.
Fundamentação extraída
The letters of 26 June 2002 and 20 March 2003 were properly read as civil claims in the criminal proceedings against the offenders, not as state claims under the OHG. The claimant had been sufficiently informed through counsel of the competent authority and deadline. No duty existed to treat those letters as OHG applications or to forward them ex officio.