ISSUES OF RESEARCH OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION MEDIA WHEN VERIFYING A CRIMINAL CASE AT THE STAGE OF APPROVING THE INDICTMENT УДК 343.575 : 343.985.2

Abstract

This article examines the prosecutor's review of electronic storage mediaduring the examination of a criminal casesubmitted with an indictment (act, resolution).It is argued that violations of the law recordedon electronic storage media, if not promptlyidentified by the prosecutor, may result in thecourt excluding otherwise seemingly soundevidence from the case as inadmissible, giventhe limited opportunities to rectify the identifiederrors and deficiencies. The author drawsattention to the shortcomings of the regulatoryframework governing the procedure foropening, viewing (listening to) materials by theprosecutor, and resealing previously unpackeditems. Amendments are proposed to a numberof bylaws governing the accounting, storage, andtransfer of physical evidence in criminal cases.