Question juridique clé
Whether the killing qualified as assassination rather than murder under Art. 112 CP
Solution extraite
The court held that the defendant acted with a particularly lack of scruples, so the qualification of assassination was correct.
Motifs extraits
The motive was base and futile: preserving the proceeds of the theft and proving his status as a caïd. His manner of acting was cold, dominant, and contemptuous of the victim's life, and the fight context and cocaine use did not exclude assassination.