
最高裁第2小法廷、罪証隠滅の恐れの理由示さず「違法」と指摘
ぬいぐるみを盗んだとして起訴された被告の保釈を退けた名古屋地裁の決定について、最高裁第2小法廷は、罪証隠滅の恐れの実質的な理由を示しておらず違法であるとして、保釈を認める決定を出した。
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岐阜県内で共犯者とぬいぐるみ10点を盗んだとして、被告が4月に起訴された。
ぬいぐるみを盗んだとして窃盗罪で起訴された被告(27)を巡り、最高裁第2小法廷(高須順一裁判長)は3日までに、保釈を認める決定を出した。保釈請求を退けた名古屋地裁決定について「罪証隠滅の恐れが高いとみるべき実質的な理由を示しておらず、違法だ」として取り消した。最高裁が保釈に関する下級審の判断を覆すのは珍しい。
8月31日付の決定によると、被告は岐阜県内で共犯者とぬいぐるみ10点を盗んだとして、4月に起訴された。事実関係を認める方針を公判前に示して保釈を請求したところ、名古屋地裁一宮支部は保釈を認めたが、検察側の準抗告を受けた同地裁は8月7日、「公判で認否を明らかにしていない」などとして退けた。
第2小法廷は「地裁決定は形式的な理由を示すのみで、一宮支部の判断が不合理であることを具体的に示していない」と指摘。刑事訴訟法の解釈適用を誤った違法があると結論付けた。

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