La actuación pericial en la investigación balística para el delito de homicidio

Abstract

This paper has the aim of establishing and determining in a clear and accessible way, the present importance of ballistics science in the criminal investigation from the Colombian criminal justice system, taking as a basis, the activity of every one of the actors, in the complex process of establishing the clarity of the facts before the foundation of the truth. The writing is developed from the topic of four fundamental aspects of ballistics science research: the comprehension of the basic concepts of ballistics science, field ballistics, and laboratory ballistics, the work developed by the judicial police when they have to face the crime scene, the scientific and determining concepts that forensic experts will deliver and the constitution as proof, of material elements as well as the reports that every one of the authorities gather to the process as evidence to debate in oral hearing. In this research it is concluded the technicaljudicial relevance acquired by the procedure system owned by the criminal investigation, the step by step that must be followed, taking into account the established norms for those procedures, that if not like that, we would be falling into grave legal mistakes as the due process, the right of defense, the proof legitimacy, the presumption of innocence, among others