KEDUDUKAN SAKSI MAHKOTA (KROON GETUIGE) DALAM PEMBUKTIAN TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI DI PERSIDANGAN (STUDI KASUS DI PENGADILAN TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI KLAS IA PADANG)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Definition of crown witness is not found in Law No. 8 of 1981 On Criminal Procedure Code, but the crown witness used in exposing the facts of law and fact legal events as evidence statements of witnesses. According to Sofyan Lubis, crown witness is a witness who originated and / or taken from one or more defendants who jointly commit a criminal act and he was given a crown in the form of prosecution of his case dispensed or given a very light demand. Formulation of the problem: 1) What is the status of witnesses crown (Kroon getuige) in the process of proving corruption in trial 2) How to judge veracity of witness testimony crown (Kroon getuige) 3) What problems were found in the process of examination of witnesses crown (Kroon getuige ). The method used socio-juridical which is a method that emphasizes the practice field and connect it to the applicable law and focused on observations on the effectiveness of the law itself. Conclusions of research results; 1) The witness crown equal footing with witnesses commonly contained in the Criminal Procedure Code and the crown witness who actually are involved as perpetrators 2) The judge has a standard in judging the truth of the testimony of witnesses that under the provisions of Article 185 paragraph (6) Criminal Procedure Code 3 ) Constraints judge found was the information given by the crown witness convoluted and sometimes incompatible with other crown witness testimony and did not even fit in the dossier.

Keywords: Crown Witnesses, Evidence, Crime, Corruption