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juge d'instruction

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juge d'instruction


(French; “judge of inquiry”)

In France, a magistrate responsible for conducting the investigative hearing that precedes a criminal trial. In this hearing the major evidence is presented, witnesses are heard, and depositions are taken. If at the end of the hearing the magistrate is not convinced that the evidence of guilt is sufficient to warrant a trial, no trial occurs. This process differs from the grand jury hearing in the Anglo-American system.



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Agents from the Surete then conducted initial interviews with witnesses and sent a dossier of interview transcripts to the Paris Parquet, where a panel of judges would determine if a prosecutable felony had likely been committed, and if so, assign the case to an investigating magistrate, the juge d'instruction.
Two of the most significant characters in The Statement are the juge d'instruction, Annemarie Livi, and Colonel Roulx.
9, Analise d'une procedure instruite par monsieur le juge d'instruction pres le tribunal de premiere instance de l'arrondissement de toulouse contre plusieurs garcons menuisiers residans a toulouse.
 
 
 
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