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Anatomy of a French Murder Case

Anatomy of a French Murder Case BRON MCKILLOP TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 528 2. THE FACTS OF THE CASE 529 3. THE INVESTIGATION 530 (a) By the gendarmerie 530 (b) By the investigating judge (juge d'instruction) 534 (i) In relation to th e facts (les faits) 534 (ii) In relation to th e defendant's personnalite' 541 (iii)Further investigation 543 4. THE DOSSIER 544 5. THE COMMITTAL FOR HEARING 547 6. THE HEARING 548 (a) The jury panel 548 (b) Selection of the jury, call-over of witnesses, and reading of the committal judgment 550 (c) Interrogation of the accused and the witnesses 551 (d) The addresses 558 (e) The judgment 560 (f) The civil claims 560 (g) The record of the hearing 561 7. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE DOSSIER (AS THE RECORD O F THE INVESTIGATION) AND THE HEARING 562 (a) Statements I evidence by lay people 562 (b) Records I evidence by the gendarmerie and the police 563 (c) Reports I evidence by the experts 563 8. APPEAL TO THE COUR DE CASSATION 563 9. COMMENTS ON THE CASE FROM A COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVE 564 (a) The relative importance of the investigation 564 (b) The centrality of the dossier 565 (c) Control of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Anatomy of a French Murder Case

McKillop, Bron
American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 45 (3) – Jul 1, 1997
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Oxford University Press
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© 1997 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
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2326-9197
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BRON MCKILLOP TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 528 2. THE FACTS OF THE CASE 529 3. THE INVESTIGATION 530 (a) By the gendarmerie 530 (b) By the investigating judge (juge d'instruction) 534 (i) In relation to th e facts (les faits) 534 (ii) In relation to th e defendant's personnalite' 541 (iii)Further investigation 543 4. THE DOSSIER 544 5. THE COMMITTAL FOR HEARING 547 6. THE HEARING 548 (a) The jury panel 548 (b) Selection of the jury, call-over of witnesses, and reading of the committal judgment 550 (c) Interrogation of the accused and the witnesses 551 (d) The addresses 558 (e) The judgment 560 (f) The civil claims 560 (g) The record of the hearing 561 7. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE DOSSIER (AS THE RECORD O F THE INVESTIGATION) AND THE HEARING 562 (a) Statements I evidence by lay people 562 (b) Records I evidence by the gendarmerie and the police 563 (c) Reports I evidence by the experts 563 8. APPEAL TO THE COUR DE CASSATION 563 9. COMMENTS ON THE CASE FROM A COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVE 564 (a) The relative importance of the investigation 564 (b) The centrality of the dossier 565 (c) Control of the

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