This research entitled “The Development of Judge’s Decision in
Jurisdiction of Corruption Criminal Action” (Case Study in State Court of
Sleman). The type of this research was normative, i.e. a legal research studying on
valid legal norms. In normative research, it was conducted by studying literatures
and studying on positive law of which relate to the judge’s decision in jurisdiction
of corruption criminal action. The result of this research is the judge in the trial in
particularly in the case of corruption criminal action has had development by not
merely referring to the Laws Number 31 of 1999 however also relates to the Laws
Number 20 of 2001 on the elimination of corruption criminal action and other
laws relating to corruption criminal action and in its formulation is modified by
not referred to the articles in Criminal Code, instead directly stating the elements
of which exist in each article of referred Criminal Code. From this conclusion, the
author submits suggestion in order the judge become more precise and exact in
sentencing a decision in trial of corruption criminal action by purpose the
corruptors feel the wary effect for their conducted action and it become the lesson
for the potential corruptor for retaining their intention of conduct. Thus, the judge
should be able to implement legal certainty and justice to the society that operates
harmoniously and balanced for a decision in trial; in particularly the case of
corruption criminal action of which is related to the valid regulation. The judge
should more progressively comprehend that corruption is an extra ordinary crime,
thus the judge should as maximal as possible consider that the corruptor should be
punished appropriately to the valid regulations (the Laws of Corruption Criminal
Action).