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  2. French criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    In France, the term criminal procedure (French: procédure pénale) has two meanings; a narrow one, referring to the process that happens during a criminal case as it proceeds through the phases of receiving and investigating a complaint, arresting suspects, and bringing them to trial, resulting in possible sentencing—and a broader meaning referring to the way the justice system is organized ...

  3. French code of criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    The French code of criminal procedure (French: Code de procédure pénale) is the codification of French criminal procedure, "the set of legal rules in France that govern the State's response to offenses and offenders". [1] It guides the behavior of police, prosecutors, and judges in dealing with a possible crime.

  4. French criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Criminal law is carried out within the rules of French criminal procedure which set the conditions under which police investigations, judicial inquiries and judgements are carried out. Like the legal systems of other liberal democracies , French criminal law is based on three guiding principles: the principle of legality in criminal law , an ...

  5. Law of France - Wikipedia

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    French criminal law is governed first and foremost by the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Criminal Code, for example, prohibits violent offenses such as homicide, assault and many pecuniary offenses such as theft or money laundering, and provides general sentencing guidelines.

  6. Investigating judge (France) - Wikipedia

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    In French criminal law, the investigation phase (instruction) in a criminal proceeding is the procedure during which an investigating judge (juge d'instruction) gathers evidence on the commission of an offense and decides whether to refer the persons charged to the trial court. The investigating judge is the first instance of investigation.

  7. Cour d'assises - Wikipedia

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    In France, a cour d'assises, or Court of Assizes or Assize Court, is a criminal trial court with original and appellate limited jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accused of felonies, meaning crimes as defined in French law. It is the only French court that uses a jury trial. [1] [2]

  8. Glossary of French criminal law - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1808 is a collection of legal texts which organized criminal procedure in the revolutionary era in France. It was replaced by the French code of criminal procedure in 1958. [55] code pénale French criminal code; also called the "penal code". [56] commetre to commit [33] commission rogatoire

  9. Police probing whether car deliberately rammed Paris cafe terrace

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    French criminal police are investigating whether a man who rammed a car into the terrace of a cafe in Olympic host city Paris did so deliberately, the city's prosecutor's office said on Thursday.