Some issues of criminal prosecution when considering a special case in court, in which a pre-trial cooperation agreement has been concluded
Federal Law No. 141-FZ of June 29, 2009 introduced into the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation Chapter 40.1 "A special procedure for making a court decision when concluding a pre-trial cooperation agreement." The author conducted a study of 32 criminal cases considered in the period 2010-2020 by the Frunzensky District Court of the city of Vladimir and the Vladimir Regional Court in accordance with Chapter 40.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. The author highlights the features of the procedural form of considering these categories of cases in court and the specifics of the criminal prosecution of the defendants with whom pre-trial cooperation agreements have been concluded. The author analyzed the experience of public prosecutors from among the employees of city and district prosecutors of the Vladimir region, conducted a survey of 95 prosecutors. This article talks about the subjects and objects of criminal prosecution, the conditions of the court session, and the peculiarities of the judicial investigation. The article highlights the problems arising in the implementation of criminal prosecution in cases considered in the order of Chapter 40.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. Measures are proposed to improve the current legislation.