侦查程序中当事人聘请专家辅助人问题探析

Analyses on Parties' Engaging Expert Assistants in the Investigation Procedure

我国刑事诉讼程序中当事人聘请专家辅助人主要在庭审阶段,由当事人聘请的专家辅助人介入侦查阶段有其必要性,包括能为当事人一方申请重新鉴定或补充鉴定提供专业帮助、及时化解鉴定争议、对侦查机关内部的鉴定机构形成监督,以及有助于强化专家辅助人在庭审上的质证功能。各地试点工作的成功先例为该制度提供了经验基础,为此应进一步明确专家辅助人在侦查程序中的权利与义务,以期构建合理的专家辅助人制度。

In the criminal procedure of China,the parties engage expert assistants mainly in the trial stage.Expert assistants'involvement in the investigation stage also has the necessity as they can provide professional help to the parties who apply for reappraisal or supplementary appraisal,timely resolve disputes over the appraisal,supervise the appraisal institution affiliated to the investigation authority,and strengthen their own cross-examination function in the court trial.The success of pilot projects in various places has provided an experiential basis for this system.Therefore,it is crucial to further clarify expert assistants'rights and obligations in the investigation procedure,so as to build a reasonable expert assistant system.