STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá

Issuer: Supreme Federal Court (Communications Secretariat)
Date: June 23, 2021
Type: Release · primary source
Access: full text examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026
Original: noticias.stf.jus.br/postsnoticias/stf-confirma-suspeicao-de-sergio-moro-na-acao-
Note: Institutional STF news item about the full court's judgment. The page says "Wednesday (23)"; the full date (June 23, 2021) was inferred from the content (judgment begun in April and resumed after a request for review).

What we extracted from this document (3)

On March 23, 2021, the STF Second Panel judged HC 164.493 and declared Sergio Moro biased in the Guarujá triplex criminal case; according to Poder360, by 3 votes to 2.

Judicial or administrative decisionSeveral independent sources

Source: STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá — Supreme Federal Court (Communications Secretariat), June 23, 2021 · "Anulação" (annulment) paragraph · open original ↗

Release (primary) · full text examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026

Limitations: The ruling was not opened; the tally comes from Poder360.

The STF Plenary upheld on June 23, 2021 the Second Panel decision that declared Moro biased in the triplex case; according to the STF, the prevailing view was that the Plenary only reviews panel decisions in the cases provided for in the Internal Rules.

Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document

Source: STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá — Supreme Federal Court (Communications Secretariat), June 23, 2021 · First paragraphs and "Regimento" (Internal Rules) section · open original ↗

Release (primary) · full text examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026

Limitations: Institutional news item; the ruling was not opened. The Plenary vote dealt with the appeal against the rapporteur's decision, which had considered HC 164.493 moot (see fonte).

In the Plenary, Gilmar Mendes, Nunes Marques, Alexandre de Moraes, Dias Toffoli and Ricardo Lewandowski and Justices Rosa Weber and Cármen Lúcia voted for the thesis that only the Internal Rules authorize the Plenary to review panel decisions; Edson Fachin, Luís Roberto Barroso, Marco Aurélio and Luiz Fux dissented.

Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document

Source: STF confirma suspeição de Sergio Moro na ação do triplex do Guarujá — Supreme Federal Court (Communications Secretariat), June 23, 2021 · "Regimento" (Internal Rules) section · open original ↗

Release (primary) · full text examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026

Limitations: Nunes Marques voted against the bias ruling in the Second Panel on March 23, 2021 (Poder360), but was part of the majority on the Plenary's procedural question under the Internal Rules.