Kim Ho-joong, a drunk hit-and-run, made his first trial at the appeals court today (12th)…Should I overturn the judgment of the first trial?
Feb 12, 2025
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The Seoul Central District Court's 5-3 Criminal Department (Chief Judge Kim Ji-sun, So Byung-jin, and Kim Yong-joong) will hold the first hearing of Kim Ho-joong's appeal trial at 10:30 a.m. on the 12th, accused of violating the law on the aggravated punishment of certain crimes (hazardous driving injuries).
Kim Ho-joong was arrested and charged with violating the central line while drinking and driving on a road in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at around 11:45 p.m. on May 9 last year, causing a contact accident with a taxi on the other side of the road and fleeing. Kim Ho-joong, who denied drunk driving immediately after the accident, admitted to the crime 10 days after the accident. However, the prosecution excluded the charge of drunk driving at the prosecution stage because it was difficult to determine the drinking level.
In a final hearing held in September, the prosecution raised public resentment by committing serious and systematic acts of obstruction of justice," he said, asking the court to sentence Kim Ho-joong to three and a half years in prison.
At the time, in his closing statement, Kim Ho-joong apologized to the victim. I'm going to reflect on myself. Having come this far, I regret my choice even more that day""I will try to live a life that does not repeat the same mistakes rather than a life that does well 10 times." I reflected a lot in the detention center. I'll do my best," he said, appealing for leniency. Since then, Kim Ho-joong has submitted three letters of apology to the court.
Kim Ho-joong was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at the first trial held on November 13 last year.
The court of the city said "Kim Ho-joong ran away irresponsibly even though he shocked the victim's driver taxi while driving under the influence of alcohol, causing human and material damage.""Furthermore, he conspired with the head of the agency and the head of the headquarters to falsely surrender to the manager on his behalf, causing confusion in the initial investigation and wasting police investigation power.""
"As an adult, it is questionable whether he/she has any guilt for the wrongdoings he/she has committed," he/she said. "The circumstances after the crime are also poor, such as making excuses that are difficult to understand even though he/she seems to be stumbling due to the influence of alcohol by CCTV, which is objective evidence."
However, the court considered the reason why the prosecution sentenced him to two and a half years in prison from three and a half years in September last year to two and a half years in prison", he explained.
Meanwhile, Kim Ho-joong objected to the prison sentence by submitting an appeal on the day of the sentence, and attention is being paid to whether he can overturn the prison sentence of the first trial at the first trial of the appeal trial.
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