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The Impact of Factual Errors on the Assessment of Criminal Guilt and the Qualification of Crimes
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The Impact of Factual Errors on the Assessment of Criminal Guilt and the Qualification of Crimes
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S1605-65900000622-5-1
DOI
10.61205/jrp.2024.2.4
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Svetlana Yu. Korableva 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7071-3597
Occupation: Associated Professor of the Department of Criminal Law
Affiliation: Institute of International Law and Justice of Moscow State Linguistic University
Address: Moscow, Russia
Edition
Volume 28 No. 2
Pages
79-90
Abstract

The essence of a criminal law error lies in a person's delusion about objective signs or illegality of an act. The usual rule says that the mere belief that certain behavior is not punishable should not exempt from criminal liability (ignorantia juris nocet). But sometimes a mistake can really seriously change the content of a person's guilt. In cases where the accused refers to a misunderstanding or ignorance of certain facts, his words should not be thoughtlessly rejected. Proper refutation of the statements of the accused is an essential part of both the principle of presumption of innocence and the principle of guilt. Therefore, their implementation is inextricably linked, among other things, with the development of the criminal law concept of error.

The purpose of the study is to analyze factual errors (errors in fact) as private rules for mitigating or excluding a person's guilt on the basis of identifying controversial issues of applying theoretical provisions on errors and finding ways to improve law enforcement practice.

The study is based on a comprehensive analysis of criminal law, law enforcement practice and concepts of criminal law error. The work also uses system-structural and formal-logical research methods.

According to the results of the study, an updated classification of errors in fact is proposed as circumstances affecting the guilt of a person, which is based on the cause of the error and the person's ability to avoid it. There are unsubstantiated references to an error in fact, in respect of which it is proved that they indicate an indefinite direct or indirect intent and errors in fact themselves, excluding the guilt of a person or being mitigating circumstances. It is taken into account that the needs of law enforcement agencies lead to the simplification of many rules; therefore, the emphasis is placed on the casual description of specific patterns of behavior of the accused, isolated from the analyzed judicial and investigative practice.

Keywords
criminal law error, factual error, guilt, intent, presumption, circumstances excluding criminal liability
Date of publication
27.02.2024
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