2014년 형법 중요 판례

Abstract

Among criminal cases of the Korean Supreme Court sentenced in the field of CriminalCode and Special Criminal Law in 2014 of which might be recognized and discussed as importantfactors by legal affairs or criminology circles, 10 cases including one en banc decision are reviewedin this paper. Key charges of the important cases include homicide and injury of traffic obstacle,instigation of flying a criminal, bribery, obstruction of justice, false charge, contempt, evasion ofcompulsory execution, misappropriation, violating the act on punishment of violent acts(mobviolence with deadly weapon), violation of road traffic act. As the distinctive features of criminalcases in 2014, there have been considerable cases in which those defendants were high-rankingofficials or influential politicians such as congress members. For the purpose of discussion, the cases are introduced in accordance with order of the criminalcode provisions being a major issue, and the cases in the field of Special Criminal Law are introducedin the last part. Each case includes facts, summary of the de cision and its review.