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Article 286-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, as a result of a severance of proceedings, an appeal or any other cause, the assize court is seised only of the referral to it of one or more defendants, solely for an offence connected with a crime, it shall rule without the assistance of jurors.

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Article 286-1

Lorsque, par suite d’une disjonction des poursuites, d’un appel ou de toute autre cause, la cour d’assises ne se trouve saisie que du renvoi devant elle d’un ou plusieurs accusés, uniquement pour un délit connexe à un crime, elle statue sans l’assistance des jurés.

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