Cassation Court Dismisses Appeals on Aggravated Theft Convictions Due to Procedural Error Claim
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Généré par l'IAThe Court of Cassation rejected appeals lodged against a judgment from a Court of Assizes which had sentenced three defendants to fifteen and ten years of criminal confinement, respectively, for aggravated theft. The principal ground for appeal contested the trial president's failure to explicitly solicit observations from the accused during the presentation of physical evidence, arguing this constituted a violation of procedure; however, the court reasoned that the relevant article of the Code of Criminal Procedure only grants the accused the *faculty* to offer observations, and does not place an affirmative obligation on the president to solicit them, especially since the record did not show the accused requested to speak and were refused. Concluding that the procedure was regular and the penalties legally applied to the established facts, the appeals were dismissed.
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Généré par l'IAART. 341 DU CODE DE PROCEDURE PENALE, 102 DU DECRET DU 20 JUILLET 1972, 7 DE LA LOI DU 20 AVRIL 1810; Cassation Court Dismisses Appeals on Aggravated Theft Convictions Due to Procedural Error Claim: The principal ground for appeal contested the trial president's failure to explicitly solicit observations from the accused during the presentation of physical evidence, arguing this constituted a violation of procedure; however, the court reasoned that the relevant article of the Code of Criminal Procedure only grants the accused the *faculty* to offer observations, and does not place an affirmative obligation on the president to solicit them, especially since the record did not show the accused requested to speak and were refused. Concluding that the procedure was regular and the penalties legally applied to the established facts, the appeals were dismissed.
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REJET DES POURVOIS FORMES PAR : X... (JEAN, CLAUDE);
X... (HUBERT);
PAR Y... (YVES) CONTRE UN ARRET DE LA COUR D'ASSISES DE L'EURE DU 16 NOVEMBRE 1973 QUI LES A CONDAMNES, X... (JEAN-CLAUDE) ET Y... (YVES), A QUINZE ANS DE RECLUSION CRIMINELLE CHACUN ET X... (HUBERT) A DIX ANS DE RECLUSION CRIMINELLE POUR VOL QUALIFIE. LA COUR, VU LA CONNEXITE JOIGNANT LES POURVOIS;
VU LES MEMOIRES PRODUITS;
SUR LE SECOND MOYEN DE X... (HUBERT), PRIS DE LA VIOLATION DE L'ARTICLE 341 DU CODE DE PROCEDURE PENALE, 102 DU DECRET DU 20 JUILLET 1972, 7 DE LA LOI DU 20 AVRIL 1810, DEFAUT DE MOTIFS;
" EN CE QUE LE PRESIDENT A FAIT PRESENTER LES PIECES A CONVICTION AUX ACCUSES SANS QU'IL SOIT CONSTATE QUE LE PRESIDENT AIT SOLLICITE LES OBSERVATIONS DE CEUX-CI;
" ALORS QUE SI LE PRESIDENT RECOIT LES OBSERVATIONS DES ACCUSES LORS DE LA PRESENTATION D'UNE PIECE A CONVICTION, IL LUI APPARTIENT DE SOLLICITER LESDITES OBSERVATIONS;
ATTENDU QUE SI, AUX TERMES DE L'ARTICLE 341 DU CODE DE PROCEDURE PENALE ", LE PRESIDENT FAIT, S'IL EST NECESSAIRE, PRESENTER A L'ACCUSE OU AUX TEMOINS LES PIECES A CONVICTION ET RECOIT LEURS OBSERVATIONS " CE TEXTE NE FAIT PAS UNE OBLIGATION AU PRESIDENT D'INTERPELLER L'ACCUSE A CE SUJET;
QU'IL APPARTIENT A CE DERNIER, S'IL LE JUGE OPPORTUN, DE DEMANDER LA PAROLE POUR USER DE LA FACULTE QUE LUI DONNE LA LOI;
QU'IL NE RESULTE D'AUCUNE MENTION DU PROCES-VERBAL QUE LES ACCUSES AIENT DEMANDE DE PRESENTER DES OBSERVATIONS ET QUE CE DROIT LEUR AIT ETE REFUSE;
D'OU IL SUIT QUE LE MOYEN DOIT ETRE ECARTE;
SUR LES AUTRES MOYENS (SANS INTERET);
ET ATTENDU QUE LA PROCEDURE EST REGULIERE ET QUE LES PEINES ONT ETE LEGALEMENT APPLIQUEES AUX FAITS DECLARES CONSTANTS PAR LA COUR ET LE JURY;
REJETTE LES POURVOIS