The appeal is dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

The argument in the grounds of appeal is that the court below found the defendant guilty of defamation among the facts charged of this case, although the defendant did not have made a statement that defames the victim F, etc.

However, the recognition of facts and the selection and evaluation of evidence conducted on the premise thereof are within the discretionary power of the fact-finding court unless it exceeds the limit of the free evaluation of evidence.

The judgment below

Even in light of the records, the fact-finding by the court below is not recognized to have exceeded the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence against logical and empirical rules.

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.