In May 29, 1972, judge José Affonso da Costa Cortes ruled Orlando Sabino was to be hospitalized in an asylum:[...] the accused presented [...] accentuated indications of dangerousness, fact, we believe, that cannot be contested in any way. [...] Considering the provisional application of this measure not possible, including in the developing of the police investigation [...], [I] determine that the accused shall be committed [...], in order to be submitted to medical examinations, for the verification of article 22 of the Penal Code's disposition.The judge of Coromandel would rule the same, and Sabino would be submitted to examinations in August 27, 1973. Orlando was diagnosed with an intellectual disability, absolved from his crimes in 1977 and placed under security measures.
