Procedural Status of a Person Under Prosecution at the Stage of the Initiation of Criminal Case
The article establishes that proving the involvement of a person in the commission of a crime is performed at the stage of initiating a criminal case and does not depend on the stadiality of criminal proceedings. The author takes into account the fact that the law does not specify the procedural status of the accused at the stage of initiating a criminal case, and makes suggestions for its improvement. The article concludes with the recognition of the fact that such a participant of criminal proceedings is entitled to the basic rights of a person under criminal prosecution.