EXPERT OPINION AND EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Abstract and keywords
Abstract (English):
Expert opinion and evidence is a new kind of evidence in criminal proceedings. There are still a lot of gaps regarding the expert’s opinion in law and in practice. The expert invited by the defender for the criminal case study, conducts a short survey using portable equipment, if it does not damage the materials under study. This requires the judge’s permission. Polygraph testing is carried out by a specialist. The expert can check everything that is available for public inspection: streets, buildings, countryside. The defender can announce in court the information obtained on the expert’s advice.

Keywords:
Expert, opinion, polygraph testing, research, lawyer, court, investigator, methodology.
References

1. Vystuplenie Eleny Mizulinoy (O deyatel´nosti Upolnomochennogo po pravam cheloveka v Rossiyskoy Federatsii). URL: http://www.elenamizulina.ru/work.

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