法律解释视角下认罪认罚量刑建议效力的认定

Recognition of the Effectiveness of Sentencing Recommendations Based on Pleading Guilty and Accepting Punishment from the Perspective of Legal Interpretation

2018年修正的《刑事诉讼法》第201条规定语焉不详,导致法院对检察院提出的认罪认罚量刑建议究竟是“应当”抑或“可以”采纳产生争议。我国认罪认罚从宽模式是刑事诉讼繁简分流的一大组成部分,应坚持以审判为中心的出发点。从体系解释角度来看,根据以审判为中心,法院对检察院提出的认罪认罚量刑建议是经审查后“可以”采纳。在比较法解释视角下,法院独立行使审判权,其中包括量刑权。因此,应当理解法院对检察院提出的量刑建议是经审查后“可以”采纳。同时,为了促进以审判为中心制度的发展与落实,应采取提高认罪认罚量刑建议质量,加强对量刑建议的审核并重视判决量刑部分的说理。

Article 201 of the revised Criminal Procedure Law in 2018 provides vague provisions,leading to controversy in the court over whether the recommendation of pleading guilty,accepting punish-ment,and sentencing made by the procuratorate should or can be adopted.The leniency model of pleading guilty and accepting punishment in China is a major component of the division of com-plexity and simplicity in criminal proceedings,and should adhere to the starting point of trial as the center.From the perspective of system interpretation,according to the principle of putting trial at the center,the court’s recommendation for pleading guilty,accepting punishment,and sentencing proposed by the procuratorate can be“accepted”after review.From the perspective of comparative law interpretation,the court independently exercises its judicial power,including the power of sentencing.Therefore,it should be understood that the sentencing recommendations made by the court to the procuratorate are“acceptable”after review.At the same time,in order to promote the development and implementation of the trial centered system,measures should be taken to improve the quality of sentencing recommendations,strengthen the review of sentencing recommendations,and attach importance to the reasoning of sentencing judgments.