아동ㆍ청소년의성보호에관한법률위반(강제추행)
The defendant's appeal is dismissed.
항소 이유의 요지 이 사건 발생 장소는 개방된 편의점인데 다 피해자의 모친과 그 친구들도 그 자리에 있었던 점, 피고인은 피해자 일행으로부터 조롱을 당한 것으로 오인한 상황에서 훈계할 목적으로 피해자의 어깨와 목덜미 부위를 밀치듯이 살짝 툭 쳤을 뿐이고 공소사실 기재와 같이 쓰다듬지 않은 점, 목과 어깨 부위는 그 자체만으로는 성적 수치심이나 혐오감을 일으키는 신체 부위로 보기 어려운 점 등에 비추어 보면, 피고인이 피해자를 추행하지 않았고 추행의 고의도 없었다.
Nevertheless, the lower court erred by misapprehending the facts charged or by misapprehending the legal doctrine, which affected the conclusion of the judgment, on the grounds of the victim’s statement without credibility.
Judgment
The judgment of the court below also argued that the defendant was guilty of the facts charged in this case based on the victim's statement, etc.
In view of the spirit of substantial direct deliberation adopted by the Criminal Procedure Act, the first instance judgment on the credibility of the statement made by the witness of the first instance court was clearly erroneous in the first instance judgment in light of the contents of the first instance judgment and the evidence duly examined by the first instance court.
Except in exceptional cases where it is deemed significantly unfair to maintain the first instance judgment on the credibility of a statement made by a witness of the first instance court by taking account of the results of the first instance examination and the results of the further examination of evidence conducted until the closing of pleadings at the appellate court, the appellate court shall without delay render the first instance judgment on the sole ground that the first instance judgment on the credibility of the statement made by the witness of the first instance court is different from the appellate court’s judgment.