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The appeal is dismissed.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined.
Examining the reasoning of the lower judgment in light of the evidence duly admitted by the first instance court, the lower court’s determination that all the charges of this case (excluding the part on acquittal) were guilty on the grounds indicated in its reasoning is justifiable. In so doing, contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, the lower court did not err by misapprehending the legal doctrine on de facto relationship under Article 5(5) of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes, by failing to exhaust all necessary deliberations, thereby exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation
In addition, pursuant to 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 more 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 the defendant, the argument that the sentencing of the
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.