COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE BY THE DEFENSE Lushkin Sergey Aleksandrovich, competitor at criminalistics and legal informatics chair. <...> E-mail: age1955@yandex.ru Annotation: In this article the author discloses the questions, concerning the mechanism of collecting the evidence by the defender. <...> Author tried to draw the rules the defense should follow while collecting the evidence, for the question of collecting the evidence by the defender is disputable in the science of criminal proceedings. <...> Davletov A.A. Yusupova L. Competences of the defender on collecting of proofs in modern model of criminal trial of Russia//Criminal law. 2009 . <...> Lazareva V.A. About proofs, their admissibility and ways of collecting//New Code of criminal procedure of Russia in operation: Materials of a round table. <...> Sheyfer S. A. Proofs and proof on criminal cases: problems of the theory and legal regulation. <...> В статье автор раскрывает вопросы, касающиеся механизма собирания доказательств защитником. <...> Автор попытался вывести правила, по которым защитник собирает доказательства, поскольку вопрос о собирании доказательств защитником является дискуссионным в науке уголовного процесса! <...>