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All appeals are dismissed.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined.
1. The lower court found Defendant A guilty of the facts charged (excluding the part not guilty in the grounds of appeal) against Defendant A on the grounds as stated in its reasoning.
The judgment below
Examining the reasoning in light of the relevant legal principles and evidence duly admitted, the lower court did not exhaust all necessary deliberations, and did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence in violation of logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal doctrine on “reconciliation,” establishment of the crime of acceptance of bribe, and joint principal offenders, etc. in violation of Article 111(1) of the Attorney-at-Law Act, or by failing to exhaust all necessary deliberations,
2. The lower court found Defendant B guilty of the facts charged against Defendant B (excluding the part not guilty in the grounds of appeal) on the grounds as stated in its reasoning.
The judgment below
Examining the reasoning in light of the relevant legal principles and evidence duly admitted, the lower court did not exhaust all necessary deliberations, and did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence against logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal doctrine regarding the establishment of the crime of acceptance of bribe, joint principal offenders, blanket crimes, admissibility of evidence, etc., and by violating the principle
The argument that the lower court’s judgment of sentencing erred by applying the sentencing factor to the special aggravation of the crime of acceptance of bribe constitutes the allegation of unfair sentencing.
However, under Article 383 subparagraph 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act, only in cases where death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment or imprisonment without prison labor for not less than ten years has been imposed, an appeal on the grounds of unfair sentencing is allowed. Thus, in this case where a more minor sentence has been imposed on Defendant B, the argument that the amount of punishment is unreasonable is not
3. Therefore, all appeals are dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.