Brazil’s Supreme Court Panel Unanimously Rejects Bolsonaro Appeals, Upholding Coup Case Convictions

Overview

• The First Panel denied embargos de declaração from Jair Bolsonaro and six allies by a unanimous vote, adopting relator Alexandre de Moraes’s reasoning.
• The virtual review concluded Friday after written votes were cast on Nov. 7, with no shifts or procedural moves that changed the outcome.
• After the result is formally proclaimed on the next business day, the acórdão is expected quickly, opening five days for new clarification appeals and 15 days for embargos infringentes, of which 10 days remain.
• Under STF precedent, infringentes in panel judgments require at least two acquittal votes; only Luiz Fux dissented, making such appeals unlikely and subject to the relator’s admissibility review.
• Those who appealed remain free while remedies are pending, with sentence execution under Moraes’s supervision and no date set; appeals from Braga Netto, Anderson Torres, Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, Almir Garnier, and Alexandre Ramagem were rejected, and Mauro Cid did not appeal.