辩护律师程序异议机制初探

Preliminary Study on the Procedural Motion of Defense Lawyers

辩护律师就程序问题向法院提出异议,是辩护权有效制约审判权的应有之义。程序异议机制在构造上包括"提出异议的权利"和"处理异议的程序"两个层面,缺少任何一个方面程序异议权都难以得到充分的保障。我国辩护律师提出程序异议主要有三种途径:直接提出异议、通过复议提出异议和通过上诉提出异议,但这三种途径均有其不可克服的缺陷。程序异议的有效处理取决于多种因素,辩护律师异议不当或者法庭对异议的处理不当均有可能引发辩审冲突。在未来的改革中,既需要扩大程序异议的范围,完善异议的审查程序,也要为辩护律师的程序异议设置一定的界限,规范律师过激的异议行为。

Defense lawyers could raise objections to the court on procedural matters,which is the proper meaning of the right to defense.The structure of procedural motion includes two levels,the right to raise motion and the procedure to deal with motion.In China,there are three main ways for defense lawyers to raise procedural objections:direct objection,objection through reconsideration and objection through appeal.In judicial practice,some motions will turn into protest or non-cooperation.The quality and ability of judges are also obviously insufficient.In the future reform,we need to expand the scope and improve the procedure.We also need to set boundaries to the procedural motion in order to regulate those aggressive dissent.