Problems of evaluating evidence in a criminal case
The article deals with the problems of evaluating evidence in a criminal case. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that at present the Russian criminal process has many unresolved problems, which, in the context of the ongoing reform of criminal justice, the adaptation of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation and regular changes and additions to it, entails the adoption of unfair court decisions. In the article, the author presents the main types of evidence assessment, which at a particular investigative or court session depend on the stage of the proof process. The article raises one of the problems in the criminal process in Russia - the inadmissibility of evidence. The author points out that in the norms there is no mention of the reasons for the insignificance of evidence as a result of violation of the articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation and proposes to make additions to Part 2 of Art. 75 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, expanding the list of inadmissible evidence for violation of the legal rights and freedoms of participants in the criminal process.