Information Note on the Court’s case-law 18

May 2000

Laurent Bernard v. France - 38164/97

Judgment 30.5.2000 [Section III]

Article 5

Article 5-3

Length of pre-trial detention

Length of detention on remand: non-exhaustion

The case concerns the length of detention on remand. The Court noted that the applicant had never lodged an appeal to the Court of Cassation against the decisions of the Indictments Chamber rejecting his requests to be released and concluded that he had not exhausted domestic remedies (see the Civet v. France judgment of 28 September 1999). It therefore upheld the Government’s preliminary objection.

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