The defendant's appeal is dismissed.

1. 항소 이유의 요지( 사실 오인) 피고인은 공소사실 기재와 같이 쇠 빵 칼 손잡이로 피해자의 머리를 1회 툭 친 사실이 없다.

2. Determination

A. Considering the difference between the spirit of substantial direct psychological principle and the first instance court and the appellate court’s method of evaluating credibility, the first instance judgment on the credibility of the statement made by the first instance court was clearly erroneous in light of the content of the first instance judgment and the evidence duly examined in the first instance court.

Unless there exist special circumstances to view that maintaining the first instance judgment on the credibility of a statement made by a witness of the first instance court is significantly unfair, or in full view of the results of the first instance examination and the results of the further examination of evidence conducted until the closing of the appellate trial, the appellate court should not reverse without permission the first instance judgment on the sole ground that the first instance judgment on the credibility of a statement made by a witness of the first instance court is different from the appellate court’s judgment (see Supreme Court Decision 2006Do4994, Nov. 24, 2006). (b) The defendant asserted the same as above at the lower court, and the lower court rejected the above assertion by stating in detail the defendant’s assertion and its judgment on the “a summary of evidence” column of the judgment.

원심이 적법하게 채택 ㆍ 조사한 증거들에 의하여 인정되는 원심 설시와 같은 사정들에 다가 이들 증거에 의하여 인정되는 다음과 같은 사정, 즉, 피고 인은, 이 사건 당시 피고인과 피해자 사이의 거리가 멀어 피고인이 피해자의 머리를 때릴 수 없었다는 취지로 변소하나, 이 사건 당시 피고인과 피해자가 앉아 있던 위치, 피해자 및 목격자 E의 원심 법정에서의 증언 내용( 이 사건 당시 피해 자가 피고인 쪽으로 고개를 푹 숙이고 있었다는 취지 )에 비추어 보면, 피고인이 자신이 앉아 있던 자리에서 팔을 뻗어...