浅议刑事诉讼严格证明与自由证明之适用范围

刑事证明规则的核心内容是对证明对象进行严格证明与自由证明。两种不同证明方法的适用,是证据法领域中程序正义和诉讼效率的体现。在司法实践中,区分严格证明与自由证明方法的适用范围则是关键。各国关于严格证明与自由证明的立法规定以及国内外学者的理论争论也多集中于此。一般来说,由于定罪事实涉及案件实体处理结果及被告之重大权益,对其应采用严格证明的方法,而对量刑事实则可自由证明;对程序性事实应该根据其自身不同的法律属性而分别采用不同的证明方法。

A Discussion on the Scope of Application of the Strict Proving and Free Proving in Criminal Procedure

The core content of the proving regulation of criminal procedure is the strict proving and free proving. That is, the method that using different provisions of different facts to be proved. Strict proving and free proving methods are the performances of criminal procedure in the field of procedural justice and litigation efficiency. In judicial practice, the scope of application of the strict proving and free proving is the key. All of the strict proving and free proving of the legislative provisions and theoretical arguments of scholars at home or abroad is also more concentrated on it. In general, the facts of conviction are related to the outcome of the case. It should be strictly proved, and the measurement of penalty should be freely proved; the procedural facts should be used the different methods according to their different legal attributian.