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(영문) 대법원 1996. 6. 25. 선고 96도923 판결

[폭력행위등처벌에관한법률위반·특수절도·공직선거및선거부정방지법위반][공1996.8.15.(16),2419]

Main Issues

[1] The meaning of the crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act

[2] The case holding that the crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act is a crime organization

Summary of Judgment

[1] The crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act refers to an organized body with a continuous and minimum command system, which is formed by many specified persons, under the joint purpose of committing a crime under the same Act.

[2] The case holding that if a person wishes to play a role with a certain organizational structure and use money, goods, etc. raised by the method as stated in the judgment below as its activity fund, and establish the basis for organization, action guidelines, and code of conduct, set out secret numbers in preparation for an unexpected incident so that he can immediately wait at as a result of an emergency call, and make him prepare deadly weapons in preparation for a fighting with a competitor force in preparation for a war with a competitive force, such act constitutes a crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act as a combination with continuous and organizational tools in preparation for a war with a competitive force

[Reference Provisions]

[1] Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act / [2] Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act

Reference Cases

[1] Supreme Court Decision 91Do2527 delivered on December 27, 1991 (Gong1992, 816), Supreme Court Decision 92Do2432 delivered on November 24, 1992 (Gong1993Sang, 307), Supreme Court Decision 94Do1853 delivered on September 23, 1994 (Gong194Ha, 2907)

Defendant

Defendant 1 and seven others

Appellant

Defendants

Defense Counsel

Attorneys Kim Dae-con et al.

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul High Court Decision 95No3258 delivered on March 20, 1996

Text

All appeals by the Defendants are dismissed. 85 days out of the detention days after the appeal against Defendant 1 shall be included in the punishment for the second offense in the judgment of the court of first instance as to the above Defendant 1.

Reasons

The Defendants’ defense counsel and Defendant 1’s grounds of appeal are examined together.

Examining the reasoning of the judgment below in comparison with the records, the court below erred by misapprehending the legal principles on the selection of evidence or by misapprehending the rules of evidence on the premise that each of the facts charged by Defendant 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, including Defendant 1, 1, 2, 3, and 3, Nonindicted 2, Nonindicted 3, 4, and 5, as the executives at the wharf level, as the executives at the behavior level, and the remaining non-indicted 3, 4, and 5, as the behavior group, including the above Defendants, was constituted, and Defendant 6, 7, and 8 was admitted as the action group at around January 5, 1995 ( obvious that it is a clerical error in the first instance court around January 5, 199); Defendant 1, along with Defendant 2, etc., committed a crime under Article 2, such as injury, assault, confinement, etc., on May 16, 1995, cannot be accepted.

The crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act refers to a systematic combination with a continuous and minimum command system, which is formed by many specific persons, under the joint purpose of committing a crime under the same Act. As legally determined by the court below, the defendants and the non-indicteds, etc. share their roles with a certain organization and use money and goods raised in the manner as stated in their reasoning, etc. with the activity fund, and establish the basis for the organization, guidelines for action and code of conduct, and set out the code of conduct number in preparation for a sudden accident, allowing them to immediately wait in accordance with an emergency call-up, as well as inducing competition power to prepare deadly weapons in advance in preparation for a fighting with the competition force. Thus, if the court below tried to suppress the defendants by violence, it is a combination with a continuous and organized command system in preparation for a fighting with the competition force, and therefore, it constitutes a crime organization under Article 4 of the Punishment of Violences, etc. Act. Thus, it is just that the court below constituted the crime organization under the above Article or recognized that they joined the crime organization, and there is no misapprehension of legal principles.

Therefore, all appeals by the Defendants are dismissed, and part of the detention days after the appeal against Defendant 1 is to be included in the principal sentence as to the crime of Article 2-C of the first instance judgment of the above Defendant. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices.

Justices Lee Jae-soo (Presiding Justice)