Theme 1,087 of the Supreme Court and the accusatory appeal against generic acquittal:

from the lack of epistemological control of the evidence to the weakening of the sovereignty of verdicts in the Jury Trial

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  • João Carlos Dalmagro Junior Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5391-1686
  • Ricardo Jacobsen Gloeckner Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15045726

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Jury Trial, Accusatory Appeal, Theme 1.087, Sovereignty of Verdicts

Abstract

The article discusses the repercussions and scope of the accusatory appeal against acquittal on the grounds of generic acquittal in the jury trial, based on the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) which, by establishing the thesis of Theme 1087, recognized the possibility of handling such an appeal based on the existence of a decision manifestly contrary to the evidence in the case file. The essay covers the historical-legislative path that, strictly speaking, has always engendered modifications deflated by a certain distrust of the institute, as well as the interpretations promoted contemporaneously by the STF towards the degeneration of the jury trial into an anti-guarantee. This itinerary includes the lack of epistemological control of the evidence that forms the jury’s conviction and the misrepresentation of the sovereignty of verdicts, today a slogan that disregards the appellate system inherent to the jury and disconnects from the notion of the presumption of innocence.

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João Carlos Dalmagro Junior, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brasil

Doutorando e Mestre em Ciências Criminais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Professor de Direito Processual Penal da Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC). Advogado. Currículo attes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1389733081278242.

Ricardo Jacobsen Gloeckner, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brasil

Pós-Doutor em Direito pela Università Federico II (Napoli). Doutor em Direito pela UFPR. Mestre em Ciências Penais pela PUCRS. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Criminais da PUCRS. Consultor e Parecerista. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2085174043653648

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2025-03-28

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Dalmagro Junior, J. C., & Gloeckner, R. J. (2025). Theme 1,087 of the Supreme Court and the accusatory appeal against generic acquittal: : from the lack of epistemological control of the evidence to the weakening of the sovereignty of verdicts in the Jury Trial. Boletim IBCCRIM, 33(389), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15045726

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Vol. 33 No. 389 (2025): Boletim Especial - Parte I - Tribunal do Júri entre ataques e defesas: tratamento na atualidade como instituição da democracia

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Dossiê: “Tribunal do Júri entre ataques e defesas"

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