Question juridique clé
Whether the heirs were entitled to bring a cassation appeal under victim-protection rules.
Solution extraite
The heirs were entitled to appeal because they were close relatives of the deceased victim and the refusal to prosecute could affect civil claims arising from the offence.
Motifs extraits
For a deceased victim, heirs are not automatically appellants, but spouses and children may appeal when they could assert civil claims and the challenged non-prosecution decision may negatively affect those claims. Formal civil assertions were not required in this abandonment context.