Powers of the court in consideration and settlement of the criminal case by the court of first appearance (court session stage)

The article notesthat the powersof the courtforthe collection,validation and evaluation ofevidence in the court session stages of criminal proceedingsdetermine the content of consideration and settlement of the criminal case. The author makes the conclusion that the court session stage isproviding the value for thefunction of considering and settlement the criminal case,which is manifestedin the partialimplementation of thisfunction, i.e. the criminal casebegins at the stage of court session.