CONTENTS
- 1. The client who came to the Jinju criminal attorney
- - How the client came to seek out the Jinju criminal attorney
- - The statutes relating to the case, as explained by the Jinju criminal attorney
- 2. The assistance provided by the Jinju criminal attorney
- - The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client is remorseful for his wrongdoing
- - The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client is making efforts to repair the harm
- - The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client's family is pleading for leniency
- 3. The result of the Jinju criminal attorney's assistance, a “suspended sentence”
- - The Jinju criminal attorney's case review
1. The client who came to the Jinju criminal attorney
The client who came to the Jinju criminal attorney had been reported on a charge of setting fire to the victim's residence and urgently entrusted the criminal case to the Jinju criminal attorney at Daeryun Law Firm.
How the client came to seek out the Jinju criminal attorney
This is the story of the client who had a consultation with the Jinju criminal attorney.
The client and the victim were coworkers working in the same occupation.
On the day of the incident, the client happened to pass in front of the victim's residence while returning home after drinking.
At that moment, the client decided to set fire to the victim's house on the grounds that he smelled an unidentifiable odor.
The client lit a receipt with a lighter he was carrying and threw it toward the victim's residence, damaging part of the house.
As a result, the victim reported the matter to the police, and the client was investigated on a charge of arson of an inhabited structure.
The client then requested the help of the criminal attorney at the Jinju office in order to defend against criminal punishment.
The statutes relating to the case, as explained by the Jinju criminal attorney
The statutes relating to the case, as explained by the Jinju criminal attorney
Criminal Act Article 164 (Arson of an Inhabited Structure, etc.)
① A person who sets fire to and burns a structure, train, streetcar, automobile, vessel, aircraft, or underground mining facility used by a person as a residence or in which a person is present shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for life or for not less than three years.
② A person who commits the offense under Paragraph 1 and thereby causes bodily injury to a person shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for life or for not less than five years. Where death is caused, the person shall be punished by death, imprisonment with labor for life, or imprisonment with labor for not less than seven years.
Criminal Act Article 166 (Arson of a General Structure, etc.)
① A person who sets fire to and burns a structure, train, streetcar, automobile, vessel, aircraft, or underground mining facility other than those described in Articles 164 and 165 shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for a definite term of not less than two years.
② A person who burns an object under Paragraph 1 owned by himself or herself and thereby creates a public danger shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years or a fine not exceeding ten million won.
2. The assistance provided by the Jinju criminal attorney
Through consultations with the client, the Jinju criminal attorney gathered sentencing factors and established a systematic strategy.
The Jinju criminal attorney pleaded for leniency for the client with the following arguments.
The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client is remorseful for his wrongdoing
The attorney argued that the client was deeply remorseful for having caused harm through his conduct.
The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client is making efforts to repair the harm
The Jinju criminal attorney argued that, in order to repair the harm, the client had visited the victim as soon as the investigation was completed to convey his apologies and had made efforts to compensate for the damage.
The Jinju criminal attorney argues that the client's family is pleading for leniency
The Jinju criminal attorney argued that the client's family had submitted a petition, pledging to thoroughly supervise the client so that he would never make the same mistake again.
3. The result of the Jinju criminal attorney's assistance, a “suspended sentence”
The court, accepting the Jinju criminal attorney's arguments, handed down the judgment: “The defendant is sentenced to two years' imprisonment with labor. However, the execution of the above sentence is suspended for three years from the date this judgment becomes final.”
The Jinju criminal attorney's case review
The above case is one in which a client reported on a charge of 🔗arson of an inhabited structure obtained a suspended sentence with the help of the Jinju criminal attorney.
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