Organizational and procedural aspects of obtaining testimony during a court interrogation

Aspectos organizativos y de procedimiento de la obtención de testimonio durante un interrogatorio judicial

• Mykola Turkot Prosecutor General’s Office, Kyiv, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-8871
• Alla Ponomarenko Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-4485
• Ihor IIerusalymov European University, Kyiv, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-982X
• Serhiy Peretyatko Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Lviv, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-4254
• Oleksandr Shulha Nation Police of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8404-3061

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4072.18

Keywords: criminal proceedings, evidence, testimony, judicial interrogation, tactics

Abstract

The article makes a meaningful analysis of the scientific works and the rules of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine, which define the concept of testimony as a procedural source of evidence in criminal proceedings, its methods of obtaining, verifying, and evaluating. The legislative regulations and procedural procedure for the judicial interrogation of participants in criminal proceedings have been studied. Attention is paid to certain innovations in legislation that require scientific understanding, interpretation, and choice of appropriate tactics by a defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge. The methodological basis of the article is the complex application of general methods and special methods of scientific knowledge in its relationship, selected considering the purpose and objectives of the study, its object and theme. By way of conclusion, the proposals and recommendations of an organizational and tactical nature are based, aimed at improving police practice to address the existing problems of obtaining, verifying, and evaluating testimonies in the evidentiary process.

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