INVESTIGATOR’S POSITION AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PROOF
The authors analyze statements from procedural literature on the following issue: who can be called a participant of criminal procedure proof? They reckon in this category special agencies and officers who have authority (given by procedural criminal law) to express their opinion on the facts that are to be ascertained in the criminal procedure. They also should be authorized to collect and adduce proofs, take part in its verification and estimation, make conclusions and significant decisions. On this basis, the participants of criminal procedure proof are: investigators from agency of inquiry, investigators from investigatory agency, prosecutor, court, judge, defense attorney, crime suspect, criminal defendant, complainant, civil claimant, civil defendant and their representatives. There are elements of criminal procedure proof in the actions of all of these participants, however they differ in form and content. A classification (a scheme) of the participants of criminal procedure proof is presented in the article. Definitions of an investigator (based on criminal procedural law) are given. The authors find it necessary to indicate all procedural functions of an investigator in criminal procedural law (The Code of criminal procedure).