ANALISIS YURIDIS PERSIDANGAN TANPA KEHADIRAN TERDAKWA DALAM PERKARA PELANGGARAN LALU LINTAS DITINJAU DARI PRINSIP KEBENARAN MATERIIL DALAM PROSES PERADILAN PIDANA (STUDI PELAKSANAAN PERMA NOMOR 12 TAHUN 2016 TENTANG TATA CARA PENYELESAIAN PERKARA PELANGGARAN LALU LINTAS DI PENGADILAN NEGERI KEPANJEN
This legal writing explains related to traffic violations that are familiar to the Indonesian people in general, which in at least one year, the number of traffic violations that occurred in the jurisdiction of the Kepanjen District Court is more than 500 cases, so it is fair if the legal development in Indonesia is also becoming more dynamic in order to be able to accommodate events as intended, for example, by issuing PERMA Number 12 of 2016 concerning Procedures for Settlement of Traffic Cases which principally makes new rules on the non compliance of offenders to be present in trials of that traffic violations cases so with this fact would cause problems about the potential seriousness of the judge in seeking material truth so that the impact on an unfair decision. In this research, the formulation of the problem is how the implementation of PERMA Number 12 of 2016 in the Kepanjen District Court and the second is how the implication of PERMA Number 12 of 2016 on the search for material truth in criminal law. This research uses the Empirical research method that is research based on the facts that exist in the community by using an implementation study in the Kepanjen District Court. Based on the results of the study it can be explained that in principle people are often dissatisfied with the decisions given by judges who handle cases of traffic violations because basically they cannot attend the trial to submit a defense and explain the actual sitting of a case which is not always as alleged by the investigator.