2017Do7403 Violation of the Public Official Election Act

A person shall be appointed.

Defendant

Attorneys Y

Seoul High Court Decision 2017No593 Decided May 11, 2017

July 18, 2017

The appeal is dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

Examining the reasoning of the lower judgment in light of the evidence duly admitted by the lower court, the lower court was justifiable to have found the Defendant guilty of violating the Public Official Election Act due to the violation of the provisions, such as the prohibition of indecent speech and behavior inside and outside the polling station among the modified facts charged in the instant case on the grounds stated in its reasoning. In so doing, 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 inconsistent with logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal doctrine on

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

Justices Kim Jae-hyung

Justices Park Young-young

Justices Kwon Soon-il