The Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories (MPDFT) requested the immediate arrest of Adriana Villela, following the publication of the ruling of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on the validation of the immediate execution of the sentence imposed by a Jury Court.
Adriana Villela was convicted of the death of her father, retired minister of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) José Guilherme Villela; his wife, lawyer Maria Villela; and Francisca Nascimento Silva, who worked for the couple.
The three were found dead on August 28, 2009, inside the family’s apartment, on block 113 of Asa Sul in Brasília, an upscale neighborhood in the city.
“According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Brasília Jury Court, some states have already decided that the decision is up to the first degree court”, he pointed out to CNN the MPDFT.
Now, it is up to the Federal District Court of Justice to decide how to proceed with the case.
The crime of 113 South
In 2019, Adriana was convicted of ordering the triple homicide, known as 113 South crime and sentenced to 67 years in prison by the Jury Court. Subsequently, the total sentence was reduced to 61 years.
Currently, the architect is free, as the defense had filed an appeal against the Jury’s decision.
Until the publication of the STF ruling, article 594 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPP) allowed first-time offenders convicted in the first instance to remain free until all appeal possibilities had been exhausted.
However, the request presented by the MPDFT is based on the Supreme Court’s September decision, which defined immediate imprisonment after conviction by a popular jury, which was Adriana’s case.
The understanding is valid regardless of the total penalty imposed.
Other side
Lawyer Antônio Carlos de Almeida Castro, Kakay, defended to CNN that some arguments presented to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) prevent his client’s arrest.
“The arrest judge was made untimely and still directed to the wrong authority, because there is an appeal from us, where we intend to annul the jury trial, this appeal is with the minister. So the judge of the Jury Court is no longer competent to decide this issue of prison. Furthermore, there is an obvious error in the address of this petition. We already spoke with the minister this week and the minister clearly says that he is competent to decide. The ruling has not been published yet, the Supreme Court of Justice will wait for the Supreme Court ruling to be published,” he declared.
This content was originally published in Crime da 113 Sul: MP requests arrest of Adriana Villela based on STF decision on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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