Fillon case: a decisive hearing for a third trial. The criminal chamber examines this Wednesday morning the appeals of François Fillon, his wife Pénélope and his former deputy Marc Joulaud.

With, as a main course, the lock of article 385-1 of the code of criminal procedure which encloses the regime of nullities. The latter allow an indictee to invalidate a legal act, or even an entire procedure, but only before the order of dismissal from the investigating judges.