Nusikaltimo ar nusikaltimą padariusio asmens slėpimo teisinis vertinimas

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama viena iš prisidėjimo prie nusikalstamos veikos instituto formų - nusikaltimo ar nusikaltimą padariusio asmens slėpimas. Analizuojamas slėpimo ir bendrininkavimo kaip baudžiamosios teisės institutų atribojimo klausimas. Pateikiama slėpimo objektyviųjų ir subjektyviųjų požymių analizė, kuri iliustruojama šios normos taikymo teismų praktikoje pavyzdžiais. Autorė pateikia naujesnį požiūrį į galimus nusikaltimo ar nusikaltimą padariusio asmens slėpimo būdus, atskleidžia bendrininkavimo slėpime bei jo subjekto nustatymo problematiką. Straipsnyje taip pat nagrinėjami slėpimo atribojimo nuo kitų Baudžiamojo kodekso normų probleminiai klausimai.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Baudžiamoji atsakomybė; Bendrininkavimas; Nusikaltimo slėpimas; Nusikaltimą padariusio asmens slėpimas; Teisinis vertinimas; Complicity; Concealment; Criminal liability, crime concealment, concealing the offender, the legal assessment.

ENThis article deals with the concept of crime of concealment in the Criminal Code of Republic of Lithuania and in the theory of criminal law. Concealment is considered not only as a corpus delicti but also as a form of accessory after the fact institute. The special notice is taken to the delimitation of concealment from the complicity in a crime. In the theory of criminal law concealment is distinguishable from complicity (aiding to commit a crime) by the criterion of prior promise. But the norms of aide and concealment in the new Criminal Code are not concerted with each other. The legal qualification of systematic concealment still raises problems as well. Using legal literature, the material of criminal cases and the norms of criminal laws of foreign countries, the actus reus and mens rea of concealment are analyzed in this work. The subject-matter of this crime includes all things related to a crime that have evidentiary meaning. The author presents the definitions of hiding, destruction and defacement of evidence (subject-matter of concealment) which always results the loss or reduction of evidentiary meaning of this evidence. Concealment can be committed both- physically or intellectually. Intellectual concealment should be understood as providing false information about the evidence of a crime to he officers that investigate that crime. The analysis of criminal cases show that the offenders are often accused of concealment after failing to prove that they have committed that crime.The criminal conduct of officials that conceal the crime using their position is also sometimes addressed improperly. The author also investigates the problem of complicity in this crime, legal and factual mistakes and other relevant problems of the application of the norm of concealment into practice. The important standpoint of this work relates the question of the relationship between the concealment and the other norms of the Criminal Code of Republic of Lithuania. [From the publication]