Despite falling into a coma, Millet miraculously survived his injuries and was later charged with murder and attempted murder, for which he potentially faced the death penalty. His trial began at the cour d'assises in Draguignan on September 30, 1955, with him being defended by Aymé Perrimond. Millet openly admitted to the killing, but claimed that it was not premeditated, asserting that he had shot at the garbage can to scare Dogliotti, claiming that if he had actually tried to kill her, he would not have missed. Concerning Maggiorana, he claimed that he wanted her to accompany him to the police station so she could withdraw her complaint, but she supposedly started screaming the moment she saw him, which made him panic and shoot her instead.
