Overview
- By lottery, federal judges Rocío Alcalá of Resistencia and Gustavo Castiñeira of Mendoza were called to join the panel, and both have been notified and have reviewed the case file.
- The appeal contests Mendoza’s 2021 Supreme Court ruling that recast the killing of Julieta González as femicide based on a finding of power asymmetry and imposed life imprisonment, later upheld through an uncommon horizontal cassation.
- A 2019 trial court had sentenced Andrés Di Césare to 18 years for simple homicide after rejecting both the gender-violence aggravator and the existence of a qualifying couple relationship.
- Forensic and technical evidence cited by prosecutors includes Di Césare’s skin under González’s nails, the victim’s blood in his car, matching cell-tower records, and prior searches about fetal DNA testing and disposing of a body.
- Court sources say deliberations are underway and a decision is pending, with the outcome expected to influence how femicide and gender-based violence are interpreted across Argentina.