Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible despite being filed in German and not replaced by a French pleading within the deadline.
Extracted holding
No. Because the procedural language in Vaud is French and the appellant did not comply with the order to file a French appeal, the court would not enter into the appeal.
Extracted reasoning
Article 67 CPP and Article 16 LVCPP require proceedings before the cantonal criminal authorities to be conducted in French. Under Article 110 paragraph 4 CPP, failure to comply with the procedural-language requirement justified non-entry.