Supreme Court Minister Reinaldo Soares da Fonseca overturned the decisions of the Santa Catarina judge who sentenced former Palos mayor Ronerio Heiderscheidt of the MDB to 2 years and 4 months in prison on charges of embezzlement while he was mayor. He was convicted at first instance, and the sentence was confirmed by the court.

The Supreme Court was declared incompetent in convicting the former mayor – Photo: STJ

Attorneys Marlon Bertol, Wilson Noner Campos and William Enrique Willms filed a special appeal and were successful at STJ.

Minister Reinaldo Fonseca acknowledged the “competence of the electoral justice to analyze the facts set out in the original statement”, which are complaints filed by the State Ministry of Santa Catarina.

As a result, he declared the “incompetence of the state court” and stated that the acts of decision-making should be “recognized as null and void”.