"bstract. This article reveals the concepts of legal status, legal status of individuals, legal capacity, and legal status of a specialist as a participant in criminal proceedings, as well as the legal status of a specialist in the process of identification, detection, and recording. Differences in legal status, seizure of evidence, and examination of collected evidence by a specialist and an expert in criminal proceedings are scientifically analyzed. The use of special knowledge to achieve justice, their role in the process of proof, methods of effective use in the fight against crime, the need to improve legal mechanisms in this regard, investigative actions that can be entrusted to specialists, and subjects with compatible legal capacity and capacity in criminal proceedings are also considered. In criminal procedural relations, how the legal status of an expert is realized, the procedure for attracting experts, problems that arise when experts perform their duties, their solutions, and regulatory mechanisms are also considered. Some theoretical and practical problems of collecting, recording, and researching evidence relating to the legal status of a specialist were also discussed. Scientific, theoretical, and practical recommendations and theoretical definitions were given regarding the legal status of a specialist in criminal proceedings. "
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