Problematic issues of evaluation and qualification of individual and multiple criminal acts in law enforcement activities

The qualification process is of particular importance in the investigation of criminal offenses. Correct qualification creates preconditions for achieving the goals and objectives of the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. Adequate qualification helps to correctly determine the scope of the charge, the limits of evidence, the rights of the suspect and the accused, provides clarity on the scope of the defense. Correct qualification also creates preconditions for the application of the benefits provided by criminal law. The qualification process is not described in the law. The qualification process is mentioned in the Code of Criminal Procedure however the implementation of such process is left to law enforcement and court practice. The law provides that the court must rule on the fairness of the qualification in each case. According to Lithuanian laws and theory of criminal law individual forms of crime have a significant impact on qualification, as they determine the time of completion of the crime. In theory, there is a tendency to simplify the concept and types of a single criminal offense, considering only continuous, long-term and complex offenses as its forms. From the point of view of many, only two forms of multiple criminal acts take root in both theory and practice i.e. the ideal and the real coincidence. The article deals with the problems of qualification of offenses and delimitation process of the singular and multiple criminal acts as well as delimitation of aforementioned coincidences. Relevant situations in the investigation are addressed and particular examples of criminal cases are analyzed