Practice areasin criminal law.
Maître Maximilien Fourt, criminal defense lawyer in Paris, acts at every stage of criminal proceedings and before all courts in France.
01Police custody & voluntary interview
Police custody (garde à vue) is governed by Articles 62-2 et seq. of the French Code of Criminal Procedure. It is a measure depriving a person of their liberty, ordered by a judicial police officer under the supervision of the judicial authority…
02Criminal court & Assize court
Criminal hearings are held before the Police Court for petty offences, before the Criminal Court (Tribunal Correctionnel) for misdemeanours, and before the Assize Court or the Departmental Criminal Court for felonies. Summoned before the criminal court? Maître Maximilien Fourt answers your questions.
03Judicial investigation & pre-trial detention
A judicial investigation (information judiciaire, or instruction) is an inquiry led by an investigating judge and closely regulated by the Code of Criminal Procedure.
04Drug trafficking
Length of police custody, rights of the person held and new procedural rules from the 2025 and 2026 reforms: the essentials to know in drug trafficking cases.
05Immediate appearance
Immediate appearance (comparution immédiate) is a fast-track prosecution procedure provided for by Articles 393 et seq. of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is an emergency procedure decided by the public prosecutor at the end of police custody.
06CRPC, guilty plea
The Appearance on Prior Admission of Guilt (CRPC) is a prosecution procedure commonly known as the "guilty plea". It is governed by Articles 495-7 et seq. of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
07Sentence adjustment
Sentence adjustment is the stage that follows sentencing. It falls within the jurisdiction of the Sentence Enforcement Judge (Juge de l'Application des Peines, JAP).
Criminal emergency
Criminal emergencies, a defense from police custody onwards.
Beyond these practice areas, the firm runs a 24/7 criminal on-call service to step in from the moment of police custody, a search or an appearance before the court, in Paris and throughout France.
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