CONTENTS
- 1. The Client Who Came to the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
- - How the Client Came to the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
- 2. Statutes Related to the Case, as Explained by the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
- 3. The Assistance Provided by the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
- 4. The Court's Determination on the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney's Arguments
- - If You Need the Assistance of a Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
1. The Client Who Came to the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
Mokpo criminal defense attorney The client came to the Mokpo office criminal defense attorney after being booked on charges of committing drunk driving and causing injury to three victims.
How the Client Came to the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
The client in this case had been drinking with colleagues at a company dinner for about three hours.
Exceeding his usual capacity of one bottle of soju, he drank two or more bottles of soju.
In order not to drive, the client called a designated driver, who arrived, and he was on his way home in his own vehicle.
When the heavily intoxicated client was unable to state his exact destination, the angry designated driver unilaterally stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road and left.
In order to get out of this situation, the client ended up taking the wheel.
Unable to operate the vehicle properly, the client forcefully collided with a city bus that was waiting at a signal, causing a number of victims.
Having caused injuries requiring two weeks of treatment to three victims, the client came to the Mokpo criminal defense attorney in order to reduce the sentence as much as possible.
2. Statutes Related to the Case, as Explained by the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
Act on Special Cases concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents Article 3 (Special Cases concerning Punishment)
(1) Where the driver of a vehicle commits the crime under Article 268 of the Criminal Act (Death or Injury by Occupational or Gross Negligence) as a result of a traffic accident, the driver shall be punished by imprisonment without labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.
(2) With respect to a driver who, through the operation of a vehicle, commits the crime of bodily injury by occupational negligence or the crime of bodily injury by gross negligence among the crimes under paragraph (1) and the crime under Article 151 of the Road Traffic Act, public prosecution may not be instituted against the express will of the victim. Provided, that this shall not apply where the driver of a vehicle commits the crime of bodily injury by occupational negligence or by gross negligence among the crimes under paragraph (1) and flees without taking measures under Article 54 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, such as rescuing the victim, or flees after moving the victim away from the scene of the accident and abandoning the victim, where the driver commits the same crime and fails to comply with a request for a breath alcohol test in violation of Article 44 (2) of the Road Traffic Act (excluding cases where the driver requests or consents to a blood test), or where the driver commits the same crime as a result of any act falling under any of the following subparagraphs.
Criminal Act Article 268 (Death or Injury by Occupational or Gross Negligence)
A person who causes the death of or injury to another by occupational negligence or gross negligence shall be punished by imprisonment without labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.
3. The Assistance Provided by the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
The Mokpo criminal defense attorney developed a careful strategy in order to reduce the sentence in the client's case as much as possible.
The defense proceeded by asserting the following points.
■ That, after the designated driver got out of the vehicle, the client drove a distance of only about two to three kilometers, so the driving distance was not long
■ That the degree of injury caused to the three victims was not particularly serious
■ That, since obtaining his driver's license, the client had never once violated the traffic laws
■ That the client had been sincerely and deeply remorseful for his wrongdoing from the time of the investigation up to the present
4. The Court's Determination on the Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney's Arguments
The court, accepting the arguments of the Mokpo criminal defense attorney, imposed a relatively light ‘fine’.
If You Need the Assistance of a Mokpo Criminal Defense Attorney
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