Article 06: THE LEGITIMATE DEFENSE PUTATIVE AS A CAUSE OF EXCUSE JUSTIFICATION IN THE LIGHT OF BRAZILIAN CRIMINAL LAW

Abstract

The jus puniendi depends on the robustness of evidence, the absence of gaps in the logical sequence of facts so that the judgment of the judge is concise and without absences, thus fulfilling the jurisdictional role of the State, bringing back the previously shaken legal balance. However, all the solidity of the probative - accusatory set, arising from the police inquiry, can be discarded from the discovery of the causes of justification, since these exclude the antijuridicity of the fact or the culpability. Hence, it is perceived that the non-existence of a justifying cause must be a presupposition of the type and / or application of the penalty. The State, holder of the jus puniendi and guardian, by constitutional force, of the juridical assets of the society, is not able to prevent illegitimate aggressions to the protected assets, in such a way that it gives the citizen the legitimacy, in the face of the unjust aggression, to defend subsidiarily the legal property belonging to you or a third party.