Forgery of an Official Document Defense Case | Suspended Sentence for a Client Involved in Cases Including Forgery of an Official Document

About five years ago, the client found a disabled parking registration certificate in an apartment parking lot.

Thereafter, the client cut out the vehicle number portion from a disabled parking registration certificate that the client's father had used, attached it to the certificate that the client had found, and placed it in the vehicle.

The client used that certificate to park in a parking area exclusively for persons with disabilities, and the complainant who observed this reported it to the police, whereupon the client became involved in the case on charges including forgery of an official document.

Accordingly, in order to obtain leniency as far as possible, the client entrusted the case to a criminal law specialist attorney who had handled numerous forgery of an official document cases.

The requirements for the establishment of forgery of an official document are as follows.

The crime of uttering a forged official document provides that if a forged official document or various documents such as a license or permit are used as though they were genuine documents, the offender shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the relevant crime.

The level of punishment is as follows.

The main issues in this case are as follows.

Whether the disabled parking registration certificate was forged

Whether grounds for leniency exist

While under investigation for the crime of forging an official document and using it, the client deeply reflected upon the client's wrongdoing.

Accordingly, the criminal law specialist attorney provided specific guidance on the direction of the written statement of reflection so that the client's sincerity could be fully conveyed to the investigative agency, and, after supplementing the prepared statement of reflection, submitted it to the investigative agency.

The client is responsible for the family's livelihood solely through earned income, without any particular assets or other income.

Therefore, if an actual custodial sentence were imposed in this case, the livelihood of the client's family would inevitably face a serious threat.

Accordingly, the criminal law specialist attorney submitted related materials such as a resident registration extract and a family relation certificate as evidence to prove that the client was wholly responsible for the family's finances, and, on the basis of these materials, appealed for leniency.

The client has no record of any criminal punishment, let alone any prior conviction of the same kind related to forgery of an official document or uttering of a forged official document.

Accordingly, the criminal law specialist attorney requested leniency by emphasizing that, until this case, the client had always been an exemplary member of society who had observed the legal order and lived diligently.

As with the client in the above case, if you are involved in multiple criminal cases such as forgery of an official document or uttering of a forged official document, you must closely review the characteristics of the case and the related evidence and respond systematically.

Daeryun Law Firm has many criminal law specialist attorneys with extensive experience in a variety of criminal cases, and provides practical assistance throughout the entire process of a case, including review of evidence, verification of the facts, and establishment of a response strategy.

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