The role of a lawyer in collecting evidence in a criminal case
The powers of a lawyer to collect evidence, which are an external expression of the competitiveness of the Russian criminal process, are analyzed. It is noted that the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation does not provide for real competition in the possibility of collecting evidence by the defense, which dictates the need to expand the rights of a lawyer to participate in the process of proving in a criminal case. Published in order to participate in the All-Russian competition of scientific works “Russia is my history. History of the state and law of Russia. Persons of the Ministry of Justice of Russia ” in connection with the 220th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Justice in Russia, organized by the A.F. Koni, the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Education in the Field of Law Enforcement "Universitet”, the North-Western Institute of Management of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia, the North-Western Branch of the Russian State University of Justice, the St. Petersburg Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Association judges ” with the support of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.