Article 596
In criminal cases and where the accused has been convicted, if the judgment has pronounced a penalty other than that applied by law to the nature of the crime, the annulment of the judgment may be pur…
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In criminal cases and where the accused has been convicted, if the judgment has pronounced a penalty other than that applied by law to the nature of the crime, the annulment of the judgment may be pur…
Before the day of the hearing, the president may, at the request of the public prosecutor or the civil party, estimate the damages or have them estimated, draw up reports or have them drawn up, and ca…
…d with the Court of Appeal. This appeal is lodged within the time limits set out in articles 498 to 500. The appeal is heard and decided in the same way as appeals against criminal judgments. However,…
The pleadings shall contain the grounds of cassation and refer to the legal texts whose infringement is alleged. They are drawn up on a stamp, unless the applicant is a person sentenced to a criminal…
…or ruling shall be suspended until the judgment of the Criminal Division. The provisions of Article 570 and this Article shall apply to appeals against preparatory, interlocutory or investigative judg…
Judgments of acquittal handed down by the assize court may be appealed only in the interests of the law, and without prejudice to the acquitted party.
…person whom it concerns, subject, as regards time limits for summons, to the provisions of Article 553,2°.
The decision of the investigating chamber to refer the accused to the criminal court or police court may only be challenged before the Cour de cassation where it rules, of its own motion or on a plea…
Such decisions shall be declared null and void where they are not given by the prescribed number of judges or where they have been given by judges who did not attend all the hearings in the case. Wher…
Where the sentence handed down is the same as that imposed by the law applicable to the offence, no one may seek to have the judgment set aside on the pretext that there has been an error in the citat…
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