Dudko O. Errors of the lawyer in criminal proceedings

The dissertation is devoted to the research of a lawyer's mistakes in criminal proceedings. The state of scientific research of the lawyer's activity in the criminal process is revealed. The essence of the lawyer's mistake in criminal proceedings is defined as a kind of criminal procedural error, illegal, unfounded from the point of view of the client's interests, unaware of the negative consequences for him, activities (decisions, actions, inaction) of the lawyer, which can be corrected by legal means. Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and recommendations developed by criminology and other sciences. The lawyer's mistakes were typified according to the following criteria: his status in criminal proceedings; depending on the stage of the criminal process; depending on the type of procedural action; depending on the stage (stage) of the procedural action; depending on the reasons that caused the errors; by nature and consequences; depending on the mental attitude of the lawyer to the consequences of the mistake; by the significance of the negative consequences for the client.