Legality of using evidence from criminal proceedings in other types of proceedings

Keywords: criminal proceedings, evidence, civil proceedings, administrative justice, non-criminal jurisdiction of the public prosecutor‘s office

Abstract: The use of evidence from criminal proceedings is admissible in proceedings other than criminal proceedings, although this is a relatively complex issue in terms of legality, conditions, and appropriateness of use. The text analyses the basic conditions under which evidence from criminal proceedings can be used in civil proceedings and administrative justice. It focuses in detail on selected evidence that can most often be used outside of criminal proceedings, namely official records of explanations, witness and defendant interrogation reports, expert opinions, and expert assessments, while also noting the exception to the rule, namely the inadmissibility of evidence obtained through wiretapping or operational investigative means under the Criminal Procedure Code. The text also offers a brief reflection on the conditions and appropriateness of communicating findings obtained in criminal proceedings by the public prosecutor's office in civil proceedings, in which it participates within the scope of its non-criminal jurisdiction.