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Article 242
Des sentences, jugemens et arrêts
Titre II:
De la procédure criminelle
(On Criminal Procedure)
Chapitre X:
Des sentences, jugemens et arrêts
(On Sentences, Judgments, and Decrees)
Les jugemens en première instance seront rendus par deux juges, celui d'instruction compris.
Life lesson:
First-instance criminal verdicts require two judges, one of whom is the investigating judge — no single-judge criminal convictions.
Notes:
Minimum bench for first instance: 2 judges including juge d'instruction. Collegial decision-making. Investigating judge participates in judgment — not recused despite prior involvement. Continental inquisitorial tradition.