Legal regulation of obtaining samples for compulsory comparative study during pre-trial proceedings
The paper deals with the legal regulation of obtaining samples for compulsory comparative study. The focus is made on the importance of the reclaimed objects that can contribute to crime solution. The current criminal procedural legislation does not establish the obligation of criminal trial participants to provide the bodies of preliminary investigation with the objects necessary for study. After analyzing the common reasons for refusal to provide objects for examination, the position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the opinions of scholars in the field of criminal procedure, the authors come to the conclusion that it is necessary to improve the criminal procedural legislation to level the situations which hinder obtaining samples for compulsory comparative examination.