A defendant's lawyer who tried to record a criminal trial held at the Osaka District Court on May 5 with an IC recorder did not obey the judge's order to leave the court and was handcuffed and forcibly discharged. In addition, the lawyer is said to have been ordered to pay a fine of 30,3 yen in a procedure called a "sanction trial" for disturbing the order in the courtroom, and the lawyer will appeal to the Osaka High Court.
According to Kazumasa Nakamichi, a lawyer affiliated with the Osaka Bar Association, on May 5, at the trial of a defendant accused of violating the Stalking Regulation Law, which he is in charge of, he tried to record with an IC recorder in order to keep an accurate record, but the judge told him that he would not allow it.
When I asked him to explain why, he was ordered to leave the court, and if he did not obey, he was handcuffed and forced to leave.
After this, the court ordered a fine of 30,3 yen in a procedure called a "sanction trial" for disturbing the order in the court by not obeying the order to leave the court.
Nakamichi said, "The court did not explain the reason for the denial of the recording, and I am not convinced," and said that he would appeal the sanction trial to the Osaka High Court.
Osaka District Court "Refrain from commenting on individual cases"
Permission from the court is required to make recordings in the courtroom, and the Osaka District Court has said it will "refrain from commenting on individual cases" regarding the response to the Centrist lawyer.
On the other hand, the Osaka District Court conducted three cases in the 10 years up to last year.