Attorneys for the prosecuting party succeeded in re-analyzing Joao Maleck’s case
Joao Maleck’s case was reopened in the Tenth Chamber specializing in Comprehensive Justice for Adolescents and Criminal Cases of Jalisco, to contest the compensation for damages, in the case of wrongful death committed against María Fernanda Peña and Alejandro Castro in 2019, the victims’ defense is pursuing the established punishment is also being analyzed and increased to eight years, the accused’s lawyer informed ESPN Digital.
“An appeal has been lodged against the verdict, in which Joao He got access to benefits, paid compensation for the damage and a fine, he could go home, get out of prison. It has been appealed and the resolution is that it will be reopened, to analyze whether the rights of the indirect victims, the minors and the mother of María Fernanda have been violated, as the woman is over 60 years old and the guarantees of minors have been violated, ” said lawyer Anuar García Gutiérez, who accused the accused party defends, in an interview with ESPN Digital.
The lawyer clarified that in the event that the sanction can be challenged, they will try to increase the sentence to more than four years, requesting that “Joao Maleck pay with a fair sentence”.
“A punishment where it has no advantages, I can’t speak of the maximum penalty because he is a delinquent cousin and how old he is, but if they asked me, we wouldn’t expect less than eight years in prison,” he acknowledged.
In the coming hours it will be resolved whether the sanction imposed on Joao Maleck can be rebutted or only the fee he has to pay can be analyzed., after being sentenced to three years, eight months and 15 days in December 2020, in addition to compensation for damages of 422 thousand 450 pesos.
“ Just in case they tell us it’s only to repair the damage, we are going to file a court order for the procedural reasons we saw, because they are interested in the fact that the punishment against Joao is aggravated, they are not interested in the issue economically and would have the right to go to a federal court so they decide on the violations we find ”.