Features of evidence in the abbreviated form of the inquiry: the practical aspect

Introduction: The article provides an analysis of the features of evidence in criminal cases investigated in the order of a shortened inquiry. Materials and Methods: The empirical base of the study was made up of judicial and investigative practice, officially published judicial statistics. The methodological basis of the study was the dialectical method of cognition, analysis, observation and statistics. Results: the study draws conclusions about the limits and subject matter of evidence in cases investigated in the abbreviated form of inquiry. Discussions and conclusions: the author in his research voices the need to find a form of criminal prosecution for crimes of small and medium severity, committed in conditions of evidence that meets the criteria-speed and ease of use, as well as taking into account the characteristics and needs of "practitioners".