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Fiodor M. Kobzarev
Kostroma State University
ORGANISATIONAL AND LEGAL BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE CRITERIA FOR THE SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE IN THE PRE-TRIAL STAGES OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Kobzarev F.M. Organisational and legal basis for determining the criteria for the sufficiency of evidence in the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2023, vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 240–244. (In Russ.). https:// doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2023-29-3-240-244
DOI: https//doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2023-29-3-240-244
УДК: 343.13
EDN: NEYBKJ
Publish date: 2023-09-30
Annotation: Given the importance of the final stage of proof in criminal cases, which consists in assessing the sufficiency of evidence, the article deals with the legal and organisational foundations of the possibility of determining the criteria for this sufficiency. At the same time, the author’s definition of the concept of ‟sufficiency of evidence” is given, the need to establish the boundaries of this property of evidence is substantiated, and the analysis of publications devoted to determining the criteria for assessing the sufficiency of evidence is carried out. General scientific methods and private scientific methods were used in the study. As a conclusion, it is proposed to divide the criteria for the sufficiency of evidence into legal (provided for by the current Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation) and organisational (established in joint organisational and administrative documents of law enforcement agencies, in reviews of judicial practice, explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation).
Keywords: proof in criminal cases, sufficiency of evidence, criteria for assessing evidence sufficiency, legal and organisational basis for evidence sufficiency.
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Author's info: Fiodor M. Kobzarev, Doctor of Jural Sciences, Professor, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, kobzarfm@mail.ru