[Changwon Legal Consultation] Client Requested a Changwon Legal Consultation to Seek a Suspended Sentence for Concurrent Crimes of Drunk Driving and Fraud

The client who came for the Changwon legal consultation drove a passenger car in a heavily intoxicated state with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.16 or higher.

The client told the victim, who operated a certain company that had applied for development activity permission but had received a request for supplementation, that the client would obtain the development activity permission in exchange for 100 million won, and received a transfer of 100 million won. The client thus deceived the victim and obtained property.

The client who requested the Changwon legal consultation was charged with concurrent crimes and was facing trial on two sets of criminal facts.

Concurrent crimes refer to several crimes for which judgment has not become final, or a crime committed before a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment without labor or heavier on another crime became final.

Concurrent crimes may be punished as follows.

Where the sentence prescribed for the most serious crime is the death penalty, life imprisonment, or life imprisonment without labor, punishment is imposed according to the sentence prescribed for the most serious crime.

Where the sentences prescribed for the respective crimes are of the same kind other than the death penalty, life imprisonment, or life imprisonment without labor, the maximum term or amount of the sentence prescribed for the most serious crime is increased by up to one half, but the result may not exceed the combined total of the maximum terms or amounts of the sentences prescribed for the respective crimes.

Where the sentences prescribed for the respective crimes are of different kinds other than life imprisonment and life imprisonment without labor, they are imposed concurrently.

In addition, imprisonment with labor and imprisonment without labor are treated as sentences of the same kind, and punishment is imposed as imprisonment with labor.

The client acknowledged the wrongdoing of the drunk driving offense, was repentant, and actively cooperated with the investigation by the investigative agency.

The client is sincerely remorseful for having committed a criminal act through a moment of poor judgment.

Although the client's conduct was a criminal act deserving of moral and legal blame, the conduct of the client, who needed the Changwon legal consultation, did not result in any personal or property damage.

The client who requested the Changwon legal consultation is making every effort to atone, including receiving treatment and psychological counseling to prevent a recurrence of drunk driving, and is using every available means.

The client made a firm resolution not to reacquire a driver's license in the future and sold the vehicle used in the offense in this case.

After the incident, the client greatly repented of the wrongdoing and, seeking to make amends, asked the victim for forgiveness and worked to reach a settlement. After the settlement, the client was also able to obtain a petition from the victim stating that the victim did not wish for punishment.