Lawyer found guilty of "exploiting knowledge to blame" Yokohama District Court Feb. 3, 17:29
A 33-year-old lawyer belonging to the Daini Tokyo Bar Association was charged with accusing a criminal to evacuate a car owner in an attempt to prevent a car owner from investigating a fatal accident caused by unlicensed driving. The court has sentenced him to a probable conviction, saying, "It is deserving of abuse of his knowledge as a lawyer."
Defendant Yamaguchi Eguchi (33), a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association, confessed to a man who had been driving in conspiracy with a car owner over a four-year-old unlicensed driving accident in Yokohama. Was accused of inciting the culprit for keeping the investigator out of the investigation.
In previous trials, Eguchi claimed that he was acquitted, saying, "The contents of the lie statement had been sculpted before meeting with me."
In a ruling on March 3, Yokohama District Court Judge Masayoshi Tamura said, "It is unlikely that the documents based on which the lie was made were made by car owners without knowledge of the law. The lawyers made the owner's explanation that is "credible at the heart". "
He then sentenced him to two years in prison and five years in probation, saying he deserved his accusations of misusing his knowledge as a lawyer.
Eguchi appealed the ruling and appealed.