RESOLUTION OF THE PLENUM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 29, 1996 No. 1

About the adjudication

The constitutional regulations that each person accused in crime execution is considered innocent until his guilt is proved in the procedure provided by the Federal Law and is established by the court verdict which took legal effect, determines value of the adjudication as most important act of justice and obliges courts to observe strictly requirements of the legislation imposed to sentence.

Having discussed practice of application by courts of the Russian Federation of the procedural rules regulating the resolution of sentence on the cases considered according to the procedure of general legal proceedings, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation notes that on the majority of criminal cases sentences are pronounced in strict accordance with the law.

At the same time in case of the resolution of sentences the shortcomings and mistakes caused by inadequate accomplishment of requirements of hl by some courts are still made. 39 Codes of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. As a result not isolated cases of removal of illegal and unreasonable sentences take place that attracts their cancellation or change by higher degrees of jurisdiction. Besides, in practice of the resolution of sentences there were questions requiring the permission.

For the purpose of elimination of the available shortcomings and further enhancement of judicial activities the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decides to make to courts the following explanations:

1. According to the law the sentence is pronounced by name of the state.

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