CURRENT ISSUES OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE ACCUSED PERSON WITH THE PRESENTED ACCUSATION
Abstract
Within the framework of this article, the institution of a special court procedure is considered in the context of the accused agreeing with the charge against them in the criminal justice system. An assessment of the current state and prospects for the development of this legal institution is given. The structure of a special order is considered, the conditions under which it is possible to conduct a trial in an abbreviated form are listed. The statistics of application of the special procedure of the trial are presented. Relevant problems related to the practice of applying a special court procedure on the condition of the accused agreeing with the charges brought against them in domestic criminal proceedings are identified. Attention is drawn to the fact that if the general procedure for the trial is based on the adversarial and equal rights of the parties, as well as the freedom to evaluate evidence, then certain elements of the procedural form of the special procedure for the trial, when the accused agrees with the charges, cause a lot of discussion issues in the criminal procedure doctrine. Examples of judicial practice that indicate problems that arise in the absence of the possibility of a comprehensive study of evidence in a criminal case are given. Suggestions are made aimed at improving the theoretical and legal foundations and practice of using a simplified form of judicial proceedings in context of the accused agreeing with the indictment. The author comes to the conclusion that, given the specifics of the special procedure for criminal proceedings, it does not seem possible to prescribe a thorough and comprehensive investigation of evidence in the framework of the judicial process. The author considers the approach of the judges themselves to studying the materials of the criminal case at the stage of the appointment of the trial an important point.
Keywords: general court proceedings; special court proceedings; the accused person's plea of guilty; criminal procedural code; criminal procedure; simplified form of proceedings.
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Author
Fedor I. Zhukov – Student in the Master’s programme, Pushkin State University, Pushkin, Russia.
E-mail: zhuckovf@yandex.ru.
For citation:
Zhukov F.I. Current Issues of Criminal Proceedings in the Context of the Agreement of the Accused Person with the Presented Accusation // BENEFICIUM. 2020. No. 2 (35). pp. 87-93. (In Russ.). DOI: http://doi.org/10.34680/BENEFICIUM.2020.2(35).87-93.
