Estonia

Code of Criminal Procedure

Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 15. Direct and oral court hearing

(1) A decision of a county court may be based only on evidence which has been presented and directly examined in the court hearing and recorded in the minutes.
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(2) A decision of a circuit court may be based on :

1) evidence which has been orally presented and directly examined in a court hearing by the circuit court and recorded in the minutes ;
2) evidence which has been directly examined in the county court and disclosed in appeal proceedings.

(3) A decision shall not be based solely or predominantly on the testimony of a person declared anonymous in accordance with § 67 of this Code, evidence which direct source the accused or counsel was unable to question, or the testimony of the person specified in subsection 66 (21).
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Keywords

Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings



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