A FEW REMARKS REGARDING EVIDENCE FROM THE INTERROGATION OF A WITNESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT OF A COMMUNITY INTERVIEW CONDUCTED IN A CRIMINAL CASE (ARTICLES 214 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE)

Abstract

The author discusses the role of documentary evidence in the form of the background survey in criminal proceedings. He also examines the possibilities and scope of verification of its content by interviewing as witnesses the person who conducted the evidence and the persons who provided information as part of the background survey. He emphasizes that it is justified in this case – in the context of the principle expressed in Art. 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure – different approach to admitting and taking evidence from the testimonies of witnesses on the circumstances covered by the background survey. The article attempts to select typical cases in which it would be advisable to admit evidence from the testimonies of witnesses for the circumstances identified through the background survey.

Keywords

• community interview
• personal data
• probation officer
• witness
• documentary evidence