Problems of Evidence Assessment by Investigating Judge when Considering Motions for Application of Measures to Ensure Criminal Proceedings

Mykola Misechko

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems of evaluation of evidence by the investigating judge in terms of their relevance, admissibility, reliability, and the totality of the evidence collected - in terms of sufficiency and interconnection when considering motions for the application of measures to ensure criminal proceedings. The leading scientific positions and practices of judges on this issue are analyzed. It is established that the problem of evidence assessment by the investigating judge when considering motions for the application of measures to ensure criminal proceedings requires both amendments to the existing norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and the adoption of new norms aimed at improving the regulation of certain aspects of the organizational component of the criminal process (determining the procedure for applying measures to ensure criminal proceedings). It is proposed that specific issues be resolved at the level of the Plenum of the Supreme Court by adopting clarifications of a recommendatory nature.




Keywords


suspicion; reasonable suspicion; suspect; investigating judge; evidence; proof; motion; interim measures; criminal proceedings



References


Alenin, Yu. (Ed.). (2009). Kryminalno-protsesualne pravo Ukrainy [Criminal Procedure Law of Ukraine]. Kharkiv: Odissei (in Ukrainian).

Busel, V. (Ed.). (2005). Velykyi tlumachnyi slovnyk suchasnoi ukrainskoi movy [Large explanatory dictionary of the modern Ukrainian language]. Kyiv: Perun (in Ukrainian).

Gabrelyan, A. (2020). Object of offensive provided by Art. 181-1 the code of Ukraine about administrative offences «consuming prostitution». ScienceRise: Juridical Science, 3(13), 27–33. doi: 10.15587/2523-4153.2020.213796

Habrelian, A. (2020). Nedoliky zakonoproektu № 3139 pro rehuliuvannia prostytutsii ta diialnosti seks-zakladiv [Disadvantages of the draft law No. 3139 on the regulation of prostitution and sex work]. Verkhovenstvo Prava, 1, 36–43 (in Ukrainian).

Hroshevyi, Yu., & Khotenets, V. (Ed.). (2000). Kryminalnyi protses Ukrainy [Criminal Procedure of Ukraine]. Kharkiv: n. d. (in Ukrainian).

Konstytutsiia Ukrainy [The Constitution of Ukraine] (Ukraine), 28.06.1996, No 254k/96-BP. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254%D0%BA/96-%D0%B2%D1%80#Text (in Ukrainian).

Kryminalnyi protsesualnyi kodeks Ukrainy [The Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine] (Ukraine), 13.04.2012, No 4651-VI. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/4651-17#Text (in Ukrainian).

Matjushin, B. (1987). Obshhie voprosy ocenki dokazatel'stv v sudoproizvodstve [General issues in assessing evidence in court proceedings]. Habarovsk: Progress (in Russian)

Moroz, S., & Gabreljan, A. (2016). Aktual'nye problemy formirovanija instituta chastnyh ispolnitelej v Ukraine [Current problems in the formation of the institution of private performers in Ukraine]. Path of Science, 2(7), 11–19 (in Russian).

Orlov, Ju. (2001). Osnovy teorii dokazatel'stv v ugolovnom processe [Basic theory of evidence in criminal proceedings]. Moscow: Prospekt (in Russian).

Rishennia Konstytutsiinoho Sudu Ukrainy u spravi za konstytutsiinym podanniam Sluzhby bezpeky Ukrainy shchodo ofitsiinoho tlumachennia polozhennia chastyny tretoi statti 62 Konstytutsii Ukrainy [The decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case on the constitutional petition of the Security Service of Ukraine regarding the official interpretation of the provision of part three of Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine] (Ukraine), 20.10.2011, No 12-рп/2011. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/v012p710-11#Text (in Ukrainian).

Savickij, V. (1994). Ugolovnyj process Rossii na novom vitke demokratizacii [Russia's criminal process at a new stage of democratisation]. Gosudarstvo i pravo, 6, 96–107 (in Russian).

Serhieieva, D. (2013). Nalezhnist dokaziv za novym KPK Ukrainy [Relevance of evidence under the new CPC of Ukraine]. Borotba z orhanizovanoiu zlochynnistiu i koruptsiieiu (teoriia i praktyka), 3(31), 234–239 (in Ukrainian).

Shulgin, S. (2019). Sufficiency of evidence as a basis for the adoption of procedural decisions by the investigator and prosecutor. Law and Public Administration, 2(2), 109–116. doi: 10.32840/pdu.2-2.16

Sudova vlada Ukrainy. (2016). Sprava No 11-cc/796/1612/2016. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from http://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/58704241 (in Ukrainian).

Sudova vlada Ukrainy.. (2014). Sprava No 11-сс/795/149/2014. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from http://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/398106333 (in Ukrainian).

Sudova vlada Ukrainy.. (2020). Sprava No 991/7701/20, Provadzhennia No 1-кс/991/7915/20. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from http://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/91866087 (in Ukrainian).

Sudova vlada Ukrainy.. (2021). Sprava No 991/8424/21, Provadzhennia No 11-сс/991/23/22. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/102813891 (in Ukrainian).

Sukhov, Yu., & Reznikova, H. (2021). Otsinka dokaziv i bezposerednie doslidzhennia yikh dzherel slidchym suddeiu [Evaluation of evidence and direct examination of its sources by the investigating judge]. Yuryst & Zakon, 19 (in Ukrainian).

Sybilova, N. (1991). Dopustymist dokaziv u radianskomu kryminalnomu protsesi [Admissibility of Evidence in Soviet Criminal Proceedings]. Kyiv: NMK VO (in Ukrainian).

Zadorozhnyi, M. (2019, June 07). Problemy otsinky slidchymy suddiamy dokaziv z tochky zoru dopustymosti pid chas dosudovoho rozsliduvannia u podatkovykh ta inshykh kryminalnykh provadzhenniakh [Problems of Evaluation of Evidence by Investigating Judges in Terms of Admissibility during Pre-trial Investigation in Tax and Other Criminal Proceedings]. Retrieved from https://id-legalgroup.com/blog/problemi-ocenki-sledstvennimi-sydyami-dokazatelstv-s-tochki-zreniya-ih-dopystimosti-vo-vremya-dosydebnogo-rassledovaniya-v-nalogovih-i-drygih-ygolovnih-proizvodstvah-nikita-zadorojnii-advokat-id-legal (in Ukrainian).


Article Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Metrics powered by PLOS ALM

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.




Copyright (c) 2022 Mykola Misechko

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.