The material-legal conditions for admitting evidence from the testimony of a crown witness in the Polish criminal procedure

Abstract

Crown witness is an institution designed to combat organized crime. The material and legal conditions for admitting evidence from their testimony are contained in Article 1 of the Crown Witness Act. This article provides an analysis of the subject matter scope of the appearance of a crown witness in the Polish criminal proceedings. In the text, the author appropriately presents an analysis of the issues of an organized criminal group and an association aimed at committing crimes, characterizes in an enumerated manner the offenses listed in paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Criminal Code and the Sports Law. Additionally, the author conducts a detailed review of the negative criteria for obtaining the status of a crown witness. In the text, the author relies on available literature on the subject and domestic court judgments.