THE CONCEPT OF A MATERIAL PROCEDURAL VIOLATION IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
The article proposes the introduction of the concept of a material procedural violation into criminal procedural legislation, and defines criteria for recognizing a procedural violation as material. The author considers the problem of recognizing such violations as grounds for decisions of supervising prosecutors on the recognition of evidence as inadmissible and the return of criminal cases for additional investigation and the elimination of deficiencies that impede the consideration of the case by the court. Based on the results of the analysis, the author prepared proposals aimed at changing the current legislation.