A. Although the defendant of mistake of facts has a fact that knife with the victim while engaging in a dispute with the victim, he/she does not pose a threat to the victim in knife by carrying a deadly weapon, and thus, he/she does not pose a threat.

B. The sentence imposed by the lower court (four months of imprisonment) is too unreasonable.

2. Determination

A. In light of the purpose of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act and the purport of Article 3(1) thereof, “a person who commits the crime by carrying a deadly weapon or other dangerous object” under Article 3(1) of the same Act refers to the case where a person carries a deadly weapon or other dangerous object under “the intention to use” at the scene of the crime, or carries it with his body, and it does not include the case where a person carries a deadly weapon or other dangerous object regardless of the crime at all times. However, as long as a person carries a dangerous object, such as a deadly weapon, etc. at the scene of the crime, or carries a body with the intent to use it at the scene of the crime, it does not require the victim to recognize the fact or have actually used it for the crime.

(대법원 2007. 3. 30. 선고 2007도914 판결 등 참조). 피해자는 원심 법정에서 ‘피고인이 이 사건 당시 자신의 왼편에서 오른손에 칼을 들고 서 있었는데, 오른팔을 접어서 자신의 가슴 윗부분 높이에서 칼날이 오른쪽으로 향하도록 들고 있었고, 칼을 든 손을 조금씩 위아래로 흔들어 어떤 사태가 일어날지 몰라 꼼짝도 하지 않고 있었다’는 취지로 진술하였고, 피고인 역시 수사기관 이래 당심 법정에 이르기까지 피해자와 말다툼을 하면서 칼을 집어들고 욕설을 한 사실은 인정하고 있는바, 위 인정사실을 앞서 본 법리에 비추어 보면 피고인이 비록 칼로 피해자를 직접 위협한 사실이 없다고 하더라도 폭력행위등처벌에관한법률위반(집단ㆍ흉기등협박)의 죄책을...