Question juridique clé
Whether prescription for juvenile contraventions continues to run during a cantonal cassation complaint proceeding.
Solution extraite
In juvenile criminal law, the limitation period is suspended during the cantonal cassation complaint proceedings; a timely first-instance judgment does not stop its running, but the period does not continue to run while the extraordinary remedy is pending.
Motifs extraits
For juvenile contraventions, prosecution expires after one year. The cassation complaint is an extraordinary remedy with limited review comparable to a federal criminal complaint. Because it only reviews the correctness of the first-instance decision at a fixed point in time and also suspends enforcement, the prescription period rests during the proceedings.