A força probante do inquérito policial no atual sistema processual penal brasileiro.

Abstract

The cop inquiry is a pre-trial procedure, inquisitive, administrative, chaired by the chief of police, which aims to identify the main criminal offense and his own, giving the holder of the prosecution, subsidies so that it can initiate action criminal as well as give the judge information needed to make decisions during the criminal prosecution. These characteristics of cop inquiry, especially inquisitive, cause the majority doctrine conferring probative value on the evidence collected in the investigation phase. However, the proof is not repeatable, the anticipated and precautionary, produced during the investigation are presented differently from others and provide the same probative value than those produced in court. The cop inquiry, and present proof with probative value high, can be used by the judge to make some decisions during the investigation stage and on Sentence of pronunciation, to pronounce the defendant in cases under the jury. Therefore, and for several other reasons, we can verify the importance of the inquiry for criminal proceedings Brazilian, not justifying its termination of legal means, but yes, its improvement and perfection, to make it more efficient.