Juridical Analysis of the Position of Crown Witness for the Crime of Theft in the Criminal Procedure Law

Crown witnesses are defendants who are used as witnesses to prove a criminal act committed together with the separation of case files first. So that the defendants can testify to each other reciprocally. In decision number 263/PID. B/2019/PN.Tng, Nurupi who is also a defendant in a separate case file was made a crown witness, due to the lack of evidence in the form of witnesses in the criminal case. This research is an empirical normative research, with an analytical descriptive nature. The results showed that the use of crown witnesses in the case was still effective. The obstacle to the use of crown witnesses is if the prosecution trusts crown witnesses too much. The researcher suggested that the public prosecution add other evidence so that the testimony given by crown witnesses is consistent and the evidence is accurate and accurate.