Seosan Criminal Attorney | A Client Charged With Obstruction of Official Duties Avoided Imprisonment With a Suspended Sentence

This is the situation of the client who sought the assistance of a Seosan criminal attorney.

The client explained that he was at risk of a custodial sentence on a charge of obstruction of official duties for having obstructed a police officer's official duties, and sought assistance in defending against a custodial sentence.

The facts of the offense as recounted by the client to the Seosan criminal attorney were as follows.

The client said he had his hair cut at a hair salon on the day of the incident, and the result came out completely different from the style he had in mind.

Angered by this, the client confronted the hairdresser, and one of the salon staff reported him to the police, saying that “a strange person is causing a disturbance at the salon.”

When the police officer who responded asked the client about the circumstances of the disturbance, the client could not contain his anger and swore at the officer as well, even swinging his arm as if to strike.

The officer tried to arrest the client in the act for obstruction of official duties, but he continued to resist, and as a result the client came to face this case on a charge of obstruction of official duties.

The client came to face the risk of a custodial sentence in this case on a charge of obstruction of official duties.

Obstruction of official duties refers to the crime of assaulting or intimidating a public official who is performing official duties.

Here, a public official refers to any person engaged in service for the State, a local government, or a public corporation equivalent thereto,

and correctional officers, police and firefighting officials, and other officials involved in enforcement, as well as local government officials in charge of public-service desks, are often the targets of obstruction of official duties.

The Seosan criminal attorney undertook the following defense in order to defend against the client's custodial sentence.

After reviewing the facts of the case, the court imposed a suspended sentence on the client.

Because the client had interfered with the duties of a police officer who was performing official duties, a severe punishment was anticipated under the Criminal Act,

but the attorney took on the defense and assisted with the client's case, making it possible to avoid an actual custodial sentence through a suspended sentence.