Some Issues of Assessing Admissibility of the Expert's Conclusion in Criminal Cases

The article analyzes the issues related to the assessment of the acceptability of an expert’s opinion in the conduct of criminal proceedings, in particular, the requirements for the acceptability of an expert's opinion and the issues that should be paid attention to in its assessment. Also, as a result of the analysis, it is proposed to supplement Article 187 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan with a new norm, which stipulates that the conclusions based on the evidence found unacceptable by the court in the expert opinion are also considered inappropriate. The use of such conclusions as evidence is prohibited.