Ángeles Vázquez / J. G. Albalat
Seven judges -
six men and one woman – are members of the Court which will judge the 12
leaders of the 'procés'. Everyone
knows what they have in hand, because none have less than 30 years of
experience, as magistrates or as prosecutors.
The court: from left to right and from top to bottom, Manuel Marchena, Antonio del Moral, Luciano Varela, Juan Ramón Berdugo, Andrés Palomo, Ana Ferrer and Andrés Martínez Arrieta.
THE COURT
-Manuel Marchena
-Andrés Martínez Arrieta
-Antonio del Moral
-Juan Ramón Berdugo
-Luciano Varela
-Ana Ferrer
-Andrés Palomo
-Andrés Martínez Arrieta
-Antonio del Moral
-Juan Ramón Berdugo
-Luciano Varela
-Ana Ferrer
-Andrés Palomo
THE DEFENSES
-Jordi Pina
-Andreu van den Eynde
-Olga Arderiu
-Javier Melero
-Marina Roig
-Mariano Bergés
-Pau Molins
-Josep Riba
-Judit Gené
-Jordi Pina
-Andreu van den Eynde
-Olga Arderiu
-Javier Melero
-Marina Roig
-Mariano Bergés
-Pau Molins
-Josep Riba
-Judit Gené
THE COURT
Manuel Marchena
He is the
president of the Court and will be responsible for drafting the sentence. He is
a public prosecutor through public examination. He considers himself
conservative, although his first promotions in the fiscal career came from the
hand of the PSOE. He has been about to preside over the Supreme Court at the proposal
of the PP, but a whatsaap of the spokesman of this party, Ignacio Cosidó,
boasting of his appointment led him to resign.
Marchena
arrived at the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court in 2007 and has presided
over it since 2014. He was the investigating judge in the case for the alleged
payments from Banco Santander to the ex-judge Baltasar Garzón that was filed,
and participated in the trial in which this ex-judge was sentenced to 11 years of
disqualification for the illegal phone taps in the plot 'Gürtel'. He has been a
reporting judge in numerous resolutions, such as the one that condemned rapper
César Strawberry, where the limits of freedom of expression in the face of
terrorism were set up. He also presided over the court that sentenced the
former Catalan minister Francesc Homs for the 9-N referendum.
Andrés Martínez Arrieta
He was for a few days the president of the court
that was going to judge the 'procés' because
he was the oldest magistrate of those who are members of the Second Chamber,
where he arrived in 1998, after having been the youngest member ever in the
General Council of the Judicial Power. He is one of the founders of the
moderate association ‘Francisco de Vitoria’ and was reporting judge of the sentence
that acquitted Baltasar Garzón in the case of the crimes of the Franco regime.
Antonio del Moral
Public prosecutor through public examination, he
served in the Supreme Court between 1999 and 2012, when he was appointed as one
of its magistrates. Among other resolutions he has been reporting judge in the
case where Iñaki Urdangarin was condemned for the 'case Nóos', as well as in
the case in which the disqualification of former president Artur Mas by the 9-N
referendum was reduced. His incorporation to the court of the 'procés' was due to a replacement of the
ex-attorney general of the State Julián Sánchez Melgar, who upon his return to
the Supreme Court had to resign from the case.
Juan Ramón Berdugo
Magistrate of the Supreme Court since 2004, he has
been reporting judge of the sentence that reviewed the conviction in the case
Rocío Wanninkhof, as well as the sentence which confirmed the acquittal of the
former president of the Valencian Government Francisco Camps in the case of the
‘suits’. He was also member of the Chamber that established the 'Botín
doctrine' and the 'Parot doctrine', which was later annulled by the ECHR.
Recently he has been one of the four magistrates who issued a particular vote
to the sentence that established that any aggression of a man to his partner or
ex-partner must be considered macho violence.
Luciano Varela
Founder of the progressive association ‘Judges for Democracy’, he participated
in the drafting of the Act of the Jury of 1994. He came to the Supreme Court in
2007 and was responsible for the investigation of the case against ex-judge Garzón
for his investigation of the crimes of Franco. Among the trials of which he has
been a reporting judge stands out the one that confirmed the four years of
imprisonment to the former president of the Diputación de Castellón, Carlos
Fabra.
Ana Ferrer
Investigating judge of the 'Roldán case' that ended
with the conviction of the former Director General of the Civil Guard, she was
the first woman to preside over the Provincial Court of Madrid and, in 2014,
was the first to access to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court. Both she
and Andrés Palomo have been the last magistrates to join the court of the 'procés'. This was due to the decision of
the Supreme Court by which the Court would be composed of seven judges and not
five, given the relevance of the matter to be discussed.
Andrés Palomo
Appointed to
the Supreme Court at the same time as Ferrer, he had been president of the
Audiencia de Segovia. He is not a member in any judicial association. He was
the instructor of the case that was followed against the former Catalan
minister Francesc Homs, for which he was sentenced to 13 months of
disqualification. Among the sentences in which he was reporting judge it is to
be highlighted the one that annulled, due to lack of evidence, the sentence to
119 years in jail of the ETA member Itziar Alberdi Uranga, who escaped from
Spain for 22 years, as well as the one that revoked for the first time a
sentence to reviewable permanent prison.
THE ACCUSATIONS
The accusations: Consuelo Madrigal, Javier Moreno, Fidel Cadena, Javier Zaragoza, Rosa María Seoane and Javier Ortega Smith.
The public prosecution
The four
Supreme Court prosecutors who will represent the public prosecutor in the trial
have extensive experience. The four belong to the highest category in the
prosecutors’ career. They are Fidel Cadena, Jaime Moreno, who was also the
prosecutor of the trial against Francesc Homs; Javier Zaragoza, former chief
prosecutor of the National High Court, and Consuelo Madrigal, ex-attorney
general of the State.
The State Attorney
Edmundo Bal was
replaced as State Attorney Chief of Criminal branch by Rosa María Seoane, after
the former was removed from the cause of the procés for being in favor of accusing for rebellion instead of sedition,
the criminal charge finally proposed by the Legal Services of the State. The
Legal Services of the State will be represented in the trial by her and by Elena
Sáenz.
The popular accusation: Vox
The party of Santiago
Abascal has exercised popular accusation ever since the inquiry in the Supreme
Court began. The lawyers present in the case also have high positions of
responsibility in the Vox party: Javier Ortega Smith is the general secretary
of Vox and Pedro Fernández, national vice-secretary of that political group.
THE DEFENSES
The defenders: Andreu van den Eynde, Jordi Pina, Josep Riba, Javier Melero, Pau Molins, Marina Roig, Mariano Bergés and Olga Arderiu.
Jordi Pina
Lawyer of Jordi
Sànchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull. 33 years of professional practice. He
defended former Catalan minister Irene Rigau in the 9-N trial. Vice-Dean of the
Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona, he was the lawyer of Jordi Montull in
the trial for the looting of the Palau de la Música and he is also present in
the 'case 3%'. He likes to organize excursions to exotic countries and pick
mushrooms. It is an inveterate 'culé' [supporter of Barça].
Andreu van den Eynde
Lawyer of Oriol
Junqueras and Raül Romeva. He has represented human rights entities, such as
SOS Racisme. He was in charge of the defense of the victims of the fatal run
over of a train in Castelldefels during the festival of San Juan in 2010.
Linked to ERC since he made the 'compilation' to prevent the party from
committing any crime. He is guitarist of the band of 'thrash metal' Vientos de
Poder.
Olga Arderiu
Lawyer of Carme Forcadell. Specialist in criminal
and penitentiary law. Member of the Board of the Col • legi de l'Advocacia de
Barcelona. She has participated in the Women's Group of the Municipal Council
of Social Welfare of the Barcelona City Council and is a member of the
Associació de Dones Emprenedores. She is the lawyer of one of the main persons
involved in the '3% case'. Among her hobbies are sports and photography.
Javier Melero
Lawyer of
Joaquim Forn. He was the lawyer of Artur Mas in the trial for the 9-N. He has
been in the main judicial cases of the last years since he is the habitual
lawyer of Convergència. He defended Oriol Pujol in the 'ITV case' and the
former treasurer of the party in the 'Palau case', as well as in the '3% case'.
A great boxing fan, he was present in the meetings that ended in the birth of ‘Ciudadanos’,
although he does not consider himself a founder of this party.
Marina Roig
Lawyer of Jordi
Cuixart. President of the Criminal Law Section of the Col • legi de l'Advocacia
de Barcelona. Diploma in Criminology. She has studied specializations in
criminal law for minors, penitentiary and sexist violence. Among her hobbies
are reading and dancing.
Mariano Bergés
Lawyer of
Dolors Bassa. Coworker of Marina Roig. Throughout his professional career he
has assumed the defense of private interests and of large companies and
multinationals. Associate Professor at the Law School of the University of
Barcelona.
Pau Molins
Lawyer of Santi
Vila. One of the most reputable criminal lawyers in Barcelona, defender of
Félix Millet and Infanta Cristina in the 'Nóos case'. His family has one of the
companies with the most links with the Catalan bourgeoisie, Cementos Molins. He
is the lawyer of former Barça president Sandro Rosell. Vocalist of the musical
group Porfinviernes. The lawyer Joan Segarra will accompany him in the trial of
the Supreme Court.
Josep Riba
Lawyer of
Carles Mundó. Associate of Fermín Morales, he has been present in numerous
media cases, such as the defense of socialist ex-counsellors of the City of
Santa Coloma de Gramenet in the 'case Pretoria' and the representation of the
footballer Samuel Etoo. He was in charge of the accusation for the death of an
assailant in the home of the jewelers Tous. He plays classical piano.
Judit Gené
Lawyer of
Meritxell Borras. Associate of Javier Melero, with more than 20 years of
practice as a lawyer, always in the specialty of criminal law. She was born in
Torà (Segarra). Supporter of Barça. Her two daughters and her profession occupy
almost all her time.
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