Assistance of a Jinju Criminal Defense Attorney | Client for Whom Imprisonment Was Sought on a Bodily Injury Charge but Who Received a ‘Fine’

The client is a member of the military serving in the Navy, and he was sharing living quarters with the victim.

When the client and the victim found that their living styles did not match well, they had a conversation about it.

The conversation gradually grew heated and escalated into an argument.

Angered, the client grabbed the victim by the hair and struck the victim's face with his fist five or six times, committing assault.

The victim desperately tried to stop this.

In this process, the third finger on the victim's right hand was bent, and the victim sustained a traumatic rupture injury of the right middle finger requiring about eight weeks of treatment.

In response to this offense by the client, the prosecutor sought imprisonment.

The client became very anxious because he would no longer be able to continue his military service if a sentence of a suspended sentence or more was imposed, and he requested the assistance of the Jinju criminal defense attorney.

■ Statutes Related to the Crime of Infliction of Bodily Injury

Criminal Act Article 257 (Bodily Injury, Bodily Injury on Lineal Ascendant)

(1) A person who inflicts bodily injury upon another shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than seven years, suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years, or a fine not exceeding ten million won.

(2) A person who commits the crime under paragraph (1) against his or her own or a spouse's lineal ascendant shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding fifteen million won.

(3) An attempt to commit the crime under the preceding two paragraphs shall be punished.

Criminal Act Article 261 (Special Assault)

- When a person commits the crime under Article 260 (1) or (2) by displaying the collective force of a group or multitude, or by carrying a dangerous object, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine not exceeding ten million won.

Criminal Act Article 262 (Assault Resulting in Death or Injury)

- When a person commits the crime under Article 260 or 261 and thereby causes the death or bodily injury of another, the person shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Articles 257 through 259.

The Jinju criminal attorney emphasized that the client, who as a senior should have set an example for subordinates, felt deeply sorry for causing the incident and was sincerely repentant, and that the client had prepared letters of apology on several occasions.

The Jinju criminal attorney emphasized that the client had reached a settlement with the victim, and that the victim had accordingly expressed the intention not to seek punishment of the client.

The Jinju criminal attorney emphasized that, although the client's conduct was indeed wrong, the incident was a case of mutual assault, that the client, who was the senior, also sustained an injury requiring approximately two weeks of treatment, and that the client was of slight build while the victim was of sturdy build.

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