Questão jurídica principal
Whether the participation of two judges in the earlier cassation decision required their recusal in the renewed proceedings
Decisão extraída
Yes. Their prior substantive assessment of the defendants' guilt created objective doubts about their impartiality in the renewed cassation review.
Fundamentação extraída
The earlier decision contained a clear evidentiary and guilt assessment, not merely a procedural ruling. Since the renewed appeal would raise essentially the same issues under the same standard of review, the circumstances objectively justified fear of predisposition.