THEORETICAL AND PROCEDURAL-LEGAL ISSUES OF CLASSIFYING INTERROGATION

Abstract

This article provides a complex analysis of the theoretical, procedural-legal, and criminalistic foundations of classifying interrogation in criminal proceedings. Examining approaches established in scientific literature comparatively, the study reveals the content and practical significance of criteria used to differentiate types of interrogation. It proposes classifying interrogation according to the procedural status and age of the interviewee, the sequence of conducting, the volume and nature of information, the composition of participants, the investigative situation, the communication method, the use of information and communication technologies, the functional purpose in proving, and the stage of criminal proceedings. The paper distinguishes the content, purpose, and procedural tasks of additional and repeated interrogations, and formulates an authorial definition for repeated interrogation. Furthermore, it substantiates designating persons with physical and communicative characteristics, as well as interrogations conducted via remote information and communication technologies, as independent classification criteria. As a result of the research, scientific-practical proposals are developed to classify types of interrogation as a multi-criterion procedural-criminalistic system and to introduce a separate norm into the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan defining the grounds for additional and repeated interrogations.