'Change of Presiding Judge' Lee Jae-myung's Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong Trials Resume on the 4th

All Three Judges, Including the Presiding Judge, Replaced
New Criminal Procedure Rules Applied

The trial concerning Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, involving the Daejang-dong, Baekhyeon-dong, Wirye, and Seongnam FC cases will be held again after two weeks. This is the first trial since the replacement of the presiding judges.

Yonhap News

On the 4th, the Criminal Division 33 of the Seoul Central District Court (Chief Judge Lee Jin-gwan) will hold a hearing for the Daejang-dong case at 10:30 a.m.

This trial is the first since the regular judicial personnel reshuffle and the reassignment of judges at the Seoul Central District Court. Due to the reshuffle, the presiding judge of Criminal Division 33 changed from Chief Judge Kim Dong-hyun to Chief Judge Lee Jin-gwan. The other two associate judges were also replaced.

The new panel must first proceed with the trial renewal process. Trial renewal is a procedure that requires restating the summary of the charges, the defendant’s acknowledgment, and re-examining evidence when the presiding judge changes during the trial.

Previously, the Supreme Court amended and implemented the Criminal Procedure Rules to prevent delays in criminal trials by allowing the parties to review transcripts or be notified instead of listening to all the recorded files of the previous trial proceedings during the trial renewal process.

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