La prueba indiciaria en el proceso penal ecuatoriano.

Abstract

The study of the indiciaria evidence in the Ecuadorian criminal process, has as its antecedent a long doctrinal discussion on the valuation of indirect evidence as part of the elements that contribute to determine the responsibility of a defendant against the typical act subject to litigation. As a general objective of the study, it is intended to analyze the nature, the evidentiary value and its incidence in the criminal process through the foundation of the applied methodology that has a qualitative approach, with explanatory and descriptive methods. The results of the present investigation are to present to the academy a detailed legal and doctrinal analysis of the evidence in criminal proceedings and its assessment before the administration of justice in order to obtain as a conclusion a proposal for reform of the Organic Comprehensive Criminal Code that establish its applicability, scope and limits, which will allow facing the new criminal structures in Ecuador, with greater legal certainty.