THE ROLE OF THE UNDERSTOOD IN THE DEPOSIT OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL PROOF IN THE PRE-TRIAL STAGES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of procedural aspects related to the effectiveness of the functioning of the institution of attesting witnesses at the pre-trial stages in the framework of modern Russian criminal proceedings. The author considers the issues of the participation of the attesting witness as one of the subjects of proof in the conduct of investigative or other procedural actions, the list of which is enshrined in the current Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. Its role as a participant in the criminal process in the preservation (deposition) of evidentiary information in the implementation of "control" over the course and results of investigative actions carried out by the criminal prosecution authorities in the course of criminal proceedings is indicated. The situation concerning the improvement of the institution of attesting witnesses, in case the latter is not excluded by the legislator from the criminal procedure law, has been studied from various sides. Various points of view of both leading proceduralists and practitioners on the existing problem are considered: to preserve or exclude (cancel) the institution of attesting witnesses. In support of the author's position on the importance of witnesses as participants in criminal proceedings, examples from practice are given. The procedural status of an attesting witness and his main functions as a participant in the conduct of investigative actions in pre-trial proceedings are disclosed. The issues of the presence of attesting witnesses during the implementation of investigative actions and the use of technical means for fixing the latter have been studied. The features of video and photographic recording of the results of investigative actions in the volume with the participation of attesting witnesses and the obligation to further familiarize this participant with the received video material are revealed.