Cheonan attorney referral | The referred client avoids a custodial sentence despite five charges, with Daeryun's assistance

The Daeryun Cheonan attorney examined the circumstances of the case in detail in order to establish a defense strategy tailored to the client.

The client, who resides in Cheonan, suffered from severe financial hardship, and ultimately resolved to commit theft and other acts in order to obtain living expenses.

The client intruded into a shop in the city of Cheonan and stole property.

In this process, having intruded into the shop with a box cutter and other items that he had carried in advance, he was indicted on charges including special (aggravated) theft and nighttime residential burglary.

A Cheonan attorney will explain the penal provisions relevant to the client's case.

Criminal Act (Penal Code)

Article 320 (Special Intrusion upon Habitation)

A person who commits the crime under the preceding Article by displaying the collective force of an organization or a multitude, or by carrying a dangerous object, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years.

Article 329 (Larceny / Theft)

A person who steals another's property shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than six years or by a fine not exceeding ten million won.

Article 330 (Nighttime residential burglary)

A person who, at night, intrudes upon another's residence, a managed structure, a vessel, an aircraft, or an occupied room (房室) and steals another's property (竊取) shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than ten years.

Article 331 (Special (aggravated) theft)

(1) A person who, at night, destroys part of a door, a wall, or any other structure, intrudes upon a place referred to in Article 330, and steals another's property shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not less than one year and not more than ten years.

(2) A person who steals another's property while carrying a deadly weapon or in concert with two or more persons shall also be punished by the penalty set forth in paragraph (1).

Article 342 (Attempts)

An attempt to commit any of the crimes under Articles 329 through 341 shall be punished.

On behalf of the client, Daeryun argued that he had been experiencing severe financial hardship.

The client, who resides in Cheonan, was an upstanding young man living with and supporting his elderly parents, who had no earning capacity.

Recently, however, after the client was dismissed from his job, the family of three fell into severe financial hardship.

Unable to pay the monthly rent and facing the risk of eviction, the client committed the offense in order to raise the rent money, having no other choice.

The Daeryun Cheonan attorney argued that the client, suffering from severe financial hardship, had committed an act that he should not have committed.

The Cheonan attorney also emphasized that the client was deeply remorseful and regretful.

On behalf of the detained client, the client's parents visited the store themselves and made efforts toward recovery for the victims.

The victims accepted the apology of the client and his parents, reached a settlement, and expressed their wish that the client not be punished.