Recently, the Korean Supreme Court held that the seizure is unlawful if a government investigator only shows the cover page of a warrant when seizing an item, such as a mobile pone from a suspect, despite the suspect’s request to see the other parts of the warrant.
This decision is in line with the Supreme Court’s more recent trend of requiring stricter abidance of the criminal procedures.
- Case Summary
- Search & Seizure Warrants
- Supreme Court’s Prior Decisions Related to Search & Seizure
- What Companies Should Know
About Shin & Kim’s Criminal Defense Litigation Practice:
Our Criminal Defense Litigation Practice Group continues to strengthen its capabilities through the addition of various former government officials, including former high-ranking prosecutors.
In 2019, the former Prosecutor General of Korea, Mr. Jin Tae KIM, joined Shin & Kim. In addition, the former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office, Mr. Ho-Chul SHIN, and Mr. Kitae PARK, a former prosecutor in the Seoul District Public Prosecutors’ Office also joined the firm.
In the first quarter of 2020, Ms. Noh-Kong LEE, the first female Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and Mr. Young-Jae LEE, a former Executive Officer of the Korean National Police Agency have been recruited.
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