
The author's aim is to answer the question in which cases the court in executive proceedings is obliged to consult expert psychiatrists due to doubts about the sanity of the convicted person. The article begins by defining the scope of the above-mentioned doubts as a prerequisite for obligatory defense in executive proceedings. Then the article discusses the opinion of expert psychiatrists given at the earlier stages of the case and its influence on the compulsory defense at the final stage of the criminal trial. Considerations on the limitation of the judicial independence of a court in executive proceedings complete the discussion.