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Cármen Lúcia, então presidente do STF (novembro de 2016); recorte 3x4
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Cármen Lúcia

Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha

Justice of the STF; changed her vote and formed the majority for Moro's bias ruling in the Second Panel on March 23, 2021, and was rapporteur of Dallagnol's appeal against the compensation to Lula.

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Positions and roles

  • Justice of the STF (2021–)
    Sources (1)

    According to the STF, the Second Panel recognized by majority, in HC 164.493, Moro's partiality in Lula's conviction in the triplex case; Ricardo Lewandowski and Cármen Lúcia (who adjusted her vote) followed Gilmar Mendes's dissent, while Edson Fachin (rapporteur) and Nunes Marques voted against.

    Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document

Episodes

Statements (2)

Eu disse que estava aberta a novos elementos e o julgamento não acabou. Está tendo sequência o julgamento e com dados desse momento é que profiro o voto

Portal translation: I said I was open to new elements and the trial was not over. The trial is continuing and it is with the data of this moment that I cast my vote

Cármen Lúcia · March 23, 2021 · Vote · Second Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) (HC 164.493)

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Todo mundo tem direito a um julgamento justo, por um juiz imparcial

Portal translation: Everyone has the right to a fair trial, before an impartial judge

Cármen Lúcia · March 23, 2021 · Vote · Second Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) (HC 164.493)

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Evidence mentioning Cármen Lúcia

Lula's defense argued that Moro's acceptance of Jair Bolsonaro's invitation to the Ministry of Justice would indicate bias and political motivation; Cármen Lúcia cited the forced appearance for questioning without prior summons and the interception of lawyers and said her vote did not consider conversations released by the press and absent from the case file.

AccusationProven in a document

On May 24, 2023, Justice Cármen Lúcia found inadmissible the habeas corpus filed by a third party, in the records of RE 1.433.814, to annul decisions in the compensation lawsuit, without examining the merits of the extraordinary appeal.

Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document

On April 22, 2024, Cármen Lúcia rejected the appeal by Dallagnol and the ANPR against the STJ decision, stating that any violation of the Constitution would be indirect and that the STJ had already resolved the infraconstitutional questions.

Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source

On June 11, 2024, the STF First Panel, in a virtual session and unanimously (Cristiano Zanin recused), upheld the decision of rapporteur Cármen Lúcia, joined by Flávio Dino, Alexandre de Moraes and Luiz Fux; the rapporteur said the arguments showed 'only nonconformity and resistance'.

Judicial or administrative decisionSingle source

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

According to Poder360, in 2018, when HC 164.493 began to be judged, Justice Cármen Lúcia voted against Moro's bias ruling, following rapporteur Edson Fachin.

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