COMPARISON OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S SENTENCING SUBMISSION AND JUDICIAL RATIO DECIDENDI IN DETERMINING THE STATUS OF EVIDENCE IN ILLEGAL GOLD MINING CASES

Rita Gusniarti

doi:10.70210/amrj.v4i3.248

Authors

Rita Gusniarti Universitas Terbuka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70210/amrj.v4i3.248

Keywords:

illegal gold mining, status of evidence, Public Prosecutor’s sentencing submission, ratio decidendi

Abstract

Determining the status of evidence in illegal gold mining cases requires distinctions based on the connection between the objects and the criminal offense, the characteristics of the objects, and their ownership. This study analyzes the legal construction of the Public Prosecutor’s sentencing submission and the judge’s ratio decidendi in determining the status of evidence in Teluk Kuantan District Court Decision Number 122/Pid.Sus-LH/2026/PN Tlk., with particular emphasis on the grounds for conformity and differences between the sentencing submission and the judgment. The study employs normative legal research using a statutory approach and a case approach through qualitative analysis of legislation and case documents. The novelty of the study lies in a comparative analysis of the legal construction of the sentencing submission and the ratio decidendi within a single case to explain how the characteristics and legal relationships of individual objects affect the determination of the status of evidence. The findings show that the Public Prosecutor primarily based the status of evidence on its connection to the criminal offense and third-party ownership, whereas the judges also considered the function, possibility of reuse, economic value, and ownership relationship of the objects. This difference resulted in the Robin water pump and mobile phone, which the Public Prosecutor requested to be destroyed, being ordered to be forfeited to the state, while the status of the other evidence was generally consistent with the sentencing submission.

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