Digitalization of criminal procedure legal and infrastructural issues

The article reveals the weak points of the legal regulation and organizational support for the use of electronic documents as a necessary element of the digitalization of Russian criminal procedure. Among such weaknesses are highlighted: the legal requirement to use qualified electronic signature to sign electronic documents by nonprofessional participants; the absence of the obligation to register with the state automated system “Justice”, to file documents to the court and receive judicial correspondence in electronic form for professional participants; lack of legal regulation for the use of electronic Case files in the criminal procedure; imperfection of the state automated system "Justice". Approaches to overcoming these weaknesses are proposed.