The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) was called to decide whether the investigation into the plane crash that killed singer Marília Mendonça – which took place in Caratinga (MG), in November last year – will be conducted by the State or Federal Courts of Minas Gerais.
“The conflict is what we call a “negative conflict of jurisdiction”, that is, neither of the two courts, first the federal and then the state, declared itself competent for the case”, the STJ informed the CNN.
The rapporteur is Minister Antonio Saldanha Palheiro, of the Third Section, and there is still no date for a decision or trial.
Also according to the STJ, the body was triggered by the state justice, represented by the 3rd Criminal Court and the Jury Court of Caratinga (MG). The other involved is the federal court of the Civil and Criminal Court of Munhuaçu (MG).
The Civil Police of Minas Gerais reported that the police investigation that investigates the accident in Caratinga will continue after a decision of jurisdictional competence by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ).
THE #PCMG informs that the police investigation that investigates the accident in Caratinga, which had the singer Marília Mendonça and the other four occupants of the aircraft as a victim, will continue after a decision of jurisdiction by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). pic.twitter.com/kxdI6EtIfM
— MG Civil Police (@pcmgoficial) April 8, 2022
THE CNNthe advice of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) stated that it received the conflict of jurisdiction from the STJ, and that the case will be assigned to a sub-attorney.
Plane crash
Singer Marília Mendonça died, aged 26, in a plane crash on November 5, in Piedade de Caratinga, in the Rio Doce Valley, in western Minas Gerais. The sertaneja traveled to fulfill her schedule of shows.
According to information from the Fire Department, a call was received around 3:30 pm to attend to the occurrence of an aircraft crash in a watercourse near an access to the BR-474.
The plane crashed about 3 kilometers from Caratinga airport, where it was scheduled to land. In addition to the singer, four more people who were on the plane died: producer Henrique Ribeiro, singer’s uncle and advisor Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho, pilot Geraldo Martins de Medeiros and co-pilot Tarciso Pessoa Viana.
Source: CNN Brasil
