Special conditions for conducting a search, inspection or seizure of a lawyer as a criminal procedure guarantee of the independence of advocacy
The adoption of the Federal Law d.d. Apr. 17, 2017 No. 73-FZ «On Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation» is important for increasing the implementation of the rights and legitimate interests of the person in the criminal process. Comprehensive and systematic amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation in a number of articles significantly increases the guarantees of advocacy in a criminal case and the implementation of the principle of adversarial criminal proceedings. The introduction of special conditions for a search, inspection or seizure in relation to a lawyer in art. 450.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation establishes additional guarantees of the independence of advocacy in a criminal case. The system of criminal procedural guarantees ensures the implementation of the rights and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings. The tendency to increase the role of a defense lawyer in pre-trial proceedings includes various procedural means aimed at increasing the possibility of his influence on the process of evidence both at the stage of initiating a criminal case and at the preliminary investigation.