Preservation of Evidence in Criminal Cases

Research Project

Project/Area Number	05620037
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Criminal law
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	NAGANUMA Noriyoshi Kanazawa Univ.Foculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (40164454)
Project Period (FY)	1993 – 1994
Project Status	Completed(Fiscal Year 1994)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost : ¥1,500,000) Fiscal Year 1994 : ¥600,000 (Direct Cost : ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 1993 : ¥900,000 (Direct Cost : ¥900,000)
Keywords	Evidence / Investigative Procedure / Defense / 身体検査
Research Abstract	The prosecution itself investigate evidence, including interrogation, expert examination, and request for questioning a witness. The counterpart proceeding on the side of the defense is the procedure to safeguard evidence. The accused, suspect, or his defense counsel may, when there are reasons which make it difficult to use evidence unless they are preserved in advance, only prior to the date for first public trial, request a judge to effect such dispositions as seizure, search, evidence by inspection, examination of witness or expert evidence. This research focuses on the present practice of preservation of evidence by defense counsel, and suggests a theoretical framework so that it may be used more widely and frequently than at present.