走私普通货物、物品案件自首的认定及适用

On Determination and Application of Self-Surrender in the Case of Smuggling General Goods and Articles

自首认定是办理走私普通货物、物品案件中法律适用的热点问题。司法实践中呈现自首认定比重较大、自然人认定比例较高、处罚较轻以及侦诉判认定分歧较多等特点。自首认定中存在的问题及成因主要体现在实体方面、证据方面和量刑方面。司法部门今后应加强走私普通货物、物品案件自首认定的规范及适用,一是统一自首认定标准,二是加强对自首证据材料的收集和审查,三是建立自首从宽处罚阶梯形量刑体系。

The determination of self-surrender is a hot topic of legal application in handling the case of smuggling general goods and articles.The judicial practice features a large proportion of the determination of self-surrender and natural persons,light sanctions and large controversies in the determination in the processes of detection,appealing and prosecution.There are physical,evidential and sentencing factors causing the problems in the determination of self-surrender.In future,it is recommended to strengthen the regulation and application of self-surrender in the case of smuggling general goods and articles from the following aspects:first,to unify the criteria of self-surrender determination;second,to strengthen the collection and review of the evidence of self-surrender;and third,to build up the hierarchical sentencing system of lesser punishment for self-surrender.