Minister Rosa Weber, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), rejected the Habeas Corpus (HC) requested by the defense of Ronnie Lessa so that the accused of murdering councilwoman Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes would not be taken to a popular jury.
The crime was committed four years ago, on March 14, 2018. Lessa, who is a retired sergeant of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro, was arrested a year after the action, in March 2019.
The indictment, determining the trial of the accused by the jury court, considered three qualifiers of the Penal Code for the case: “a dishonest reason”, “another means that made it difficult to defend the victim” and “to ensure impunity for another crime”. .
The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) had unanimously denied, in May, the appeal requested by the defense. In order to apply for the HC to the Supreme Court, Lessa’s lawyers alleged “invalidity of the reasoning of the indictment decision in relation to the qualifiers” and the absence of the reason for the crime in the records.
In his decision, Weber argued that the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court considers it unfeasible to use the HC as a substitute for an appeal or to question the assumptions of admissibility of the request to the STJ, as is the case in the case file.
The Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro continues the investigation of who is the mastermind of the murder.
Source: CNN Brasil
