On the issue of the introduction of an electronic criminal case into criminal procedure legislation

This article examines the role of electronic criminal proceedings in the framework of digitalization of Russian legislation as a whole. The problem of the demand for the use of modern technologies in the process of criminal proceedings at various stages of the criminal process was raised, gaps in legislation regarding the definition of "criminal case were considered. It is proposed to consider various points of view of scientists regarding this problem, the positive and negative aspects of the use of electronic criminal proceedings, as well as the practice of its implementation in different countries, taking into account different levels of solving the issue of its application.