Questão jurídica principal
Whether the complainant could challenge the merits of the refusal to open criminal proceedings by constitutional complaint.
Decisão extraída
She lacked standing to attack the substance of the decision because, as an injured party without victim status, she had no legally protected interest in prosecution.
Fundamentação extraída
Under settled practice, a merely injured person has only an indirect factual interest in punishment; only procedural rights may be invoked if party status existed below.