Maurice godmother

Maurice Godmother (* 4. December 1895 in Aix-en-Provence , Bouches-du-Rhône , † 22. December 1962 ) was a French lawyer , who most recently from 1959 to 1962 a member of the Constitutional Court ( Court constitutionnel ) was.

Life

After attending school, Patin completed a law degree , which he completed with a doctorate in law , and began his professional career in 1920 as a deputy public prosecutor at the district court ( Tribunal de Grande Instance ) of Coutances and then moved to the district court as deputy public prosecutor in 1922 from Saintes . In 1925 he was appointed public prosecutor (Procureur de la République) at the district court of Marvejols and Privas and then in 1930 as a public prosecutor at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Avignon , before moving to the district court of Paris in 1932 as a public prosecutor .

Subsequently, in 1938, Patins was appointed Vice Attorney General at the Court of Appeal (Court d'Appel) of Paris, where he was responsible as public prosecutor for the appeal proceedings for Nantes and Blois . After six years there, he moved to the Ministry of Justice in 1944, where he became head of the Department for Criminal Law and Pardons.

After the end of the Second World War in 1945 he was appointed judge (Conseiller) at the Court of Cassation (Court de Cassation) , the highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in the Republic of France. In August 1955 he was appointed President of the Criminal Chamber at the Court of Cassation.

On February 20, 1959, President Charles de Gaulle's godmother was nominated for a three-year term as a member of the Constitutional Court . He held this position from March 5, 1959 to March 5, 1962 and died a few months later.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Court constitutionnel