THE USE OF CROWN WITNESS IN PROVING MURDER CASE

The use and existence of crown witnesses have no explanation in the criminal procedure code, but in practice the use of crown witnesses is very often carried out and submitted by the public prosecutor as one of the evidence in the settlement of a criminal case. Supreme Court decision of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 1986K/Pid/1989 dated March 21, 1990 The decision explained that the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia did not prohibit the Public Prosecutor to apply for the use of a crown witness in the settlement of a case. The crown witness is considered to have a very good potential to reveal a crime, especially in cases of murder that lack evidence in the settlement process. As time went on, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia issued a new decision, namely the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1592K/Pid/1994 dated 3 May 1995. The decision issued by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia explained that if the crown witness was against the law, the law in question was the Criminal Procedure Code in which the Criminal Procedure Code highly upheld Human Rights.