Pereira, Erick WilsonSilva, Maria Clara Fernandes de Alencar2025-08-052025-08-052025-05-30SILVA, Maria Clara Fernandes de Alencar. A valorização do inquérito policial na fundamentação das sentenças condenatórias no processo penal. Orientador: Erick Wilson Pereira. 2025. 7 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação) - Curso de Direito, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2025.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/65087This article offers a critical analysis of the overreliance on the Police Inquiry (Inquérito Policial – IP) as the sole foundation for criminal convictions in Brazilian criminal proceedings. Despite its administrative and informative nature, the IP is frequently the only element considered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office before initiating a criminal case. In many instances, it lacks supporting documentary, expert, or testimonial evidence. The issue becomes more concerning when the judicial phase fails to produce new evidence, leaving only the police authority’s interpretation as a basis for conviction. Such practice violates key constitutional principles, including the presumption of innocence, the adversarial system, and the right to a full defense. This study uses bibliographic and exploratory research with a qualitative approach and draws from the works of Aury Lopes Júnior, Guilherme Nucci, Brazilian legislation, and case law. The objective is to analyze the potential invalidity of convictions grounded solely on the IP.pt-BRAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/Direito penalDireito processual penalInquérito policialAmpla defesaPresunção de inocênciaSentença condenatória.bachelorThesisCIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::DIREITO