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The appeal is dismissed.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined.
The judgment below
Examining the evidence duly adopted by the first instance court, the lower court’s determination that the facts charged in this case were guilty on the grounds stated in its reasoning is justifiable, and contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, the lower court did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence or by misapprehending the legal doctrine on the recognition of illegality.
In addition, according to Article 383 subparagraph 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act, only a case on which death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment or imprisonment without prison labor for not less than ten years has been imposed, an appeal on the ground of unfair sentencing is allowed. Thus, in this case where the defendant has been sentenced to a minor fine, the reason that the amount of the punishment is unfair
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.