[Daegu Law Office Assistance Case] Defense Against Punishment for Bodily Injury With the Assistance of the Daegu Law Office

The client who came to the Daegu law office explained the reason he had become the subject of a complaint for infliction of bodily injury.

The client invited an acquaintance to his home and spent time together with him.

During the conversation with the acquaintance, a minor dispute arose, and the client, unable to contain his anger, inflicted bodily injury on the acquaintance.

As a result of the client's assault, the acquaintance received two weeks of treatment at a hospital.

The client was therefore made the subject of a complaint for infliction of bodily injury and came to request the assistance of the Daegu law office.

■ Statutes Relevant to the Case as Explained by the Daegu Law Office

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

(1) A person who inflicts bodily injury on 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 10 million won.

(2) A person who commits the crime under paragraph (1) against his or her own or his or her spouse's lineal ascendant shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding 15 million won.

▸Criminal Act, Article 258 (Serious Bodily Injury, Serious Bodily Injury on Lineal Ascendant)

(1) A person who inflicts bodily injury on another and thereby causes danger to life shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year but not more than ten years.

(2) The same punishment as in the preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who, by inflicting bodily injury, causes disability or an incurable or hard-to-cure disease.

(3) A person who commits the crime under the preceding two paragraphs against his or her own or his or her spouse's lineal ascendant shall be punished by imprisonment for at least two years but not more than fifteen years.

▸Criminal Act, Article 259 (Bodily Injury Resulting in Death)

(1) A person who inflicts bodily injury on another and thereby causes death shall be punished by imprisonment for a definite term of at least three years.

(2) A person who commits the crime under the preceding paragraph against his or her own or his or her spouse's lineal ascendant shall be punished by life imprisonment or imprisonment for at least five years.

▸Punishment of Violences Act, Article 2 (Assault, etc.)

(2) A person who, jointly with two or more persons, commits any of the crimes in the following subparagraphs shall be subject to an increased punishment of up to one-half of the punishment prescribed in each relevant provision of the “Criminal Act.”

The Daegu law office argued that the client was a diligent member of society with no criminal record.

The client had no record of committing any crime, let alone a crime of the same kind.

The Daegu law office argued that the court should take into account that the client was a first-time offender with no criminal record.

The Daegu law office argued that the client acknowledged the crime of infliction of bodily injury and was remorseful.

The client felt guilt over having inflicted bodily injury on the victim and resolved never to reoffend.

The Daegu law office argued that, given the client's deeply remorseful attitude, the court should grant a reduction of the punishment for infliction of bodily injury.

The Daegu law office argued that the degree of the victim's injury was not serious.

Based on the medical records of the victim, who had been assaulted by the client, the degree of the injury was not severe.

The Daegu law office argued that the victim's hospital records showed the degree of injury to be slight.

The case above was one in which a client who was the subject of a complaint for infliction of bodily injury received the assistance of the Daegu law office and had the punishment reduced to a fine.

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