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All appeals are dismissed.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined.
1. As to the Defendant’s appeal, the Defendant did not submit a statement of grounds for appeal within the statutory period, and the petition of appeal does not include the grounds for appeal.
Therefore, the defendant should be dismissed by a ruling under Article 380 of the Criminal Procedure Act, but the appeal shall be dismissed by a judgment en bloc with the prosecutor's appeal.
2. Examining the reasoning of the lower judgment on the grounds of appeal by the prosecutor in light of the records, the lower court is justifiable to reverse the first instance judgment and to have acquitted the Defendant on the charge of violating the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts, Etc. among the facts charged in the instant case, on the grounds indicated in its reasoning. In so doing, the lower court did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence in violation of logical and empirical rules, or by
3. Therefore, all appeals are dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.