Santista is the new judge at the SP Court of Justice Wallace Paiva Martins Junior was appointed new judge of the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo (TJ-SP). He leaves the position of Deputy Attorney General for Legal Justice to occupy the seat previously held by José Carlos Gonçalves Xavier de Aquino, who retired. Born in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, Wallace worked as a prosecutor in the city for four years, in addition to being part of the teaching staff at the Catholic University of Santos, as a professor in the Law course and in the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program. ✅Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. "I was raised in the Ponta da Praia neighborhood. I have great affection for the city and every weekend I try to be there, where I made several friends.", said Martins Junior, in an interview with TV Tribuna, a Globo affiliate. Appointed to the position by governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), Martins Junior was part of the triple list formed by the special body of the Court of Justice, being the most voted. With this choice, he ceases to act as a prosecutor and begins to exercise the function of examining and judging appeals against first instance decisions. Since 1989 in the service of Justice, the new judge will occupy the vacancy allocated to the Public Ministry by the fifth constitutional, a mechanism that guarantees that part of the court seats are filled by professionals from the legal profession and the Public Ministry. Wallace Paiva Martins Junior is appointed judge of the Court of Justice of the State of SP MPSP / TV Tribuna Repercussion case Martins Junior worked in a case of great national repercussion, when, in 1990, the City of Santos sought to implement a harm reduction program to contain the HIV/Aids epidemic, which mainly affected injectable drug users. "It was a position taken by the Public Prosecutor's Office at that time to not allow something that could turn into 'crackland' nowadays, even though there was good will and a damage reduction strategy from Santos City Hall", said the judge. Case of national repercussion where Wallace worked Reproduction / TV Tribune VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos