Electronic Document Management with Expert Institutions as a Structural Element of the Electronic Criminal Case

Introduction: in this paper, the author conducts a consistent analysis of the prospects for the introduction of electronic document management in the field of criminal proceedings, taking into account the commission and performance of forensic examinations. The author also examines the inefficiencies of the current organizational foundations of document management with expert institutions. The main purpose of the study is to substantiate the transition to electronic document management between expert institutions and the law enforcement and judicial systems. This topic is considered by the author in the context of the goal of ensuring reasonable deadlines for criminal proceedings. Methods: to achieve the goal identified in the study, the author uses the general scientific and comparative law methods of cognition. In particular, the paper analyzes the domestic basis in the field under study, as well as foreign experience in the field of electronic document management in forensic expertise in criminal cases. Results: the result of the research is the development of practice-oriented recommendations for the organization of effective document management using digital technologies in the field of forensic examination, which can be used to optimize and deformalize criminal proceedings in order to obtain the most objective results of criminal procedural activity. Conclusions: as a result of the research, the author concludes that it is impossible to transfer the scope of commission and performance of expertise in criminal cases to the electronic plane. It is concluded that developing electronic document management should occur within the framework of the electronic criminal case system, which necessitates the consolidation of efforts from all representatives of the criminal procedure community.