Seven years after its beginnings, the case would almost amount to forensic archaeology.
Except for François Fillon, the main interested party, seeking revenge before the Court of Cassation.
But also for many litigants who, if they are able to provide sufficiently serious and well-founded evidence to prove that the procedure leading to their trial did not give the appearance of impartiality, will be able to request that it be purely and simply canceled.
The criminal chamber examines this Wednesday morning the appeals of François Fillon, his wife Pénélope and his former deputy Marc Joulaud, convicted for fictitious jobs in the National Assembly.
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.
All for good administration…
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