Position of a defender in a criminal procedure

- 97 - 11 RESUME This doctor thesis describes the position of a defender during a criminal procedure. The thesis is divided into 9 sections that deal with the defender's rights and duties, institute of obligatory defense, chosen defender and appointed defender; plurality of defenders and collective defense of more accused. The defense tactics and the defender's defense in a procedure with youths are described as well. Some chapters compare the Czech Criminal Procedure Code with the German one and also include de lege ferenda ideas of the author. You can also find some examples of the U.S. Supreme Court findings that relate to the collective defense of more accused by one common defender. There is a principle present throughout the thesis that defense right is fundamental civil right and that is also the reason why it is one of the fundamental principles of the Czech criminal procedure. The defense of the defender is one the most important rights within the criminal procedure and should guarantee all other rights. The defense is actually helping to clarify and decide the issue in a way that the defendant will not be charged with the act he did not commit or if committed then it will not be proved and in case of need that he will not be punished severer then he should. It is important to not to miss out that..