Court’s Ability to Assess Evidence Obtained During Operational Activities

Abstract

The article discusses the court’s ability to assess information of evidence obtained during operational activities. It addresses only the cases where a person is found guilty of a criminal offence and criminal punishment has been imposed by a court judgment, without considering cases where the punishment has been determined by the public prosecutor when drawing up a penal order. The aim of the study is to examine the possibilities of the court to assess information of evidence about facts obtained in operational activities, to identify legal and practical issues for the court’s ability to assess such information, as well as to propose solutions. Material and methods used in the preparation of the article include analysis and description of regulatory enactments, court judgments, comparative and lo­gical method. These materials and methods help to achieve the goal of the research. Analysing normative acts and court judgments, describing normative acts and court judgments in the article, analysis and description of normative acts and court judgments have been used for the compositon of the research. The comparative method has been used to compare provisions of regulatory enactments, while the logical method has been used to draw conclusions. Methods of interpretation of legal norms – grammatical, systemic and teleological method – have also been used in the composition of the study. Keywords: court, criminal proceedings, evidence.