Judicial assessment of the medical forensic expert report. Empirical study

Abstract

The analysis of the judicial practice shows that the medical forensic expert report represents a decisive evidence in the criminal proceedings, regarding crimes against the life and health, provided by articles 145-163 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova. Thus, the study carried out allows us to conclude that the medical forensic expert report can determine the court’s decision in criminal cases brought to trial. At the same time, the present study allows us to better understand how a medical forensic expert report can influence the qualification of a crime, but also the occurrence of errors in this process, therefore the study pursues the goal of reducing the number of that type of errors.