一、问题的提出在刑事庭审中,被告人针对控方的指控提出抗辩十分普遍。无论在何种法制环境之下,司法工作人员都会对此习以为常。然而,如果在抗辩之前冠以“幽灵”二字,恐怕就不再是一个寻常的概念了。前不久,我国大陆地区的学者和司法实务人员曾就这一话题进行讨论①,处于实务一线的检察官,乃至一些学者都对这一概念较为陌生。“幽灵抗辩”一词源于我国台湾地区的一则案例:在某一机动车盗窃案中,被 First, the issue raised In the criminal court trial, accused accused against the prosecution is very common. No matter what the legal environment, judicial staff will be accustomed to this. However, it may no longer be a commonplace notion of being “ghostly” before defenses. Not long ago, academics and judicial practitioners in mainland China had discussed this topic. The procurators who are at the forefront of practice, and even some scholars, are unfamiliar with this concept. “Ghost defense ” the term comes from a case of Taiwan in China: In a motor vehicle theft, was