PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTING FORENSIC EXAMINATION IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Keywords:
forensic examination, appointment of expertise, procedural rules, expert opinion, evidence, special knowledge, investigation, trial, time limits, electronic expertiseAbstract
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the procedure for appointing an expert examination in criminal proceedings, its legal foundations, and procedural requirements. In particular, the general, special and procedural grounds for appointing an expert examination, the stages of its implementation, the requirements for the questions posed to the expert, as well as the peculiarities of appointing an expert examination at the stages of investigation and trial are highlighted. Problems encountered in practice, including the appointment of unjustified expert examinations, procedural shortcomings, and uncertainties related to deadlines, were analyzed, and scientifically grounded proposals for their elimination were put forward. The necessity of improving the institute for appointing expert examinations, including expanding the powers of lawyers and organizing expert examinations through an electronic system (E-expert), is also substantiated.
