《刑法》第67条“坦白”理解与适用之管见

Apprehension and Application of the Provision for Confession in Article 67 of the Criminal Law

《刑法修正案(八)》将"坦白"提升为法定量刑情节,但其与自愿如实供述并不相同,作为自首的降格认定,仅包括犯罪嫌疑人被动归案后如实交代已被司法机关掌握的本人罪行,或者如实交代尚未被司法机关掌握但与司法机关已掌握的罪行属同种罪行的情形。由于坦白主体是犯罪嫌疑人,其仅成立于侦查阶段和审查起诉阶段。在适用上,应将其置于整个从宽处罚体系中特别是与自首的衔接上来衡量从宽的幅度,禁止对其"重复评价",还应探索坦白在刑事诉讼程序上的适用空间。

Amendment VIII to the Criminal Law of the People＆#39;s Republic of China regard ＂confession＂as a le-gally prescribed circumstance of sentencing .Different from voluntary true confession , as a downgraded identity of surrender ,＂confession＂is accepted only when the suspect , after being passively brought to justice , has truthfully confessed those crimes already grasped by judicial branch or those crimes of same kind unexposed .Because the confessor is suspect ,＂confession＂only appears at the stages of investigation and prosecution .And in respect of its application ,＂confession＂should be placed within the system of lenient punishment , surrender be joined to decide the lenient scale .We should prohibit its ＂repeat evaluation＂, and should also discuss its application in the proce-dure of criminal suit .