DJ Ye Sung sentenced to 8 years in prison for ”fatal drinking accident”

DJ Ye Sung, who caused a fatal accident while driving while drunk, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Supreme Court. According to the legal community on the 15th, the 3rd Division of the Supreme Court decided on the 10th to imprison for specific crimes.
The court ruled to dismiss the appeal against Mr. Ahn, who was indicted on charges of violating the law (dangerous driving resulting in death) and other offences. As a result, the eight-year prison sentence handed down in the second instance has been finalized.
The decision to dismiss the appeal means that the reasons asserted by the appellant did not fall under the grounds for appeal set out in the Criminal Procedure Act, and the grounds for appeal themselves were not considered.
At around 4:40 a.m. on February 3rd of this year, Mr. Ahn was drunk driving and rear-ended a motorcycle in front of him.
A man in his 50s from Ahn's family was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest, but died. At the time, Ahn's blood alcohol level was 0.221% and he was extremely drunk. Prior to the accident, Ahn had been involved in another traffic accident.
The trial court found that Ahn had fled the scene without any explanation, despite the need to remain there, and that he had fled the scene without any explanation, leading to the death of the victim.
"He left the scene of the accident without taking measures required by the Road Traffic Act, such as protecting the victim. He acknowledges that he had the intention to flee at the time," the court said, and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Both Mr. Ahn's side and the prosecution filed an appeal to the court, dissatisfied with the first-instance ruling. The prosecution said that Mr. Ahn had caused the accident while drunk and that no action had been taken.
The reason for the appeal was that the case was serious, including the fact that he had fled the scene. The second trial took into consideration that Ahn had confessed to the crime and reached an agreement with the victim, and reduced the sentence to eight years in prison.
Ahn appealed the ruling in the second instance on the grounds that the sentence was inappropriate, but the Supreme Court ruled that there was no valid reason for appeal.
The sentence was finalized with the appeal dismissed.