section_path: Court hearings/Impeachment trial
section_name: Impeachment trial
paragraph_text: Impeachment trial
  
  The court held its first preparatory hearing on Yoon's case on 20 February, which lasted only 13 minutes. There was heavy security around the court building, following the Seoul Western District Court riot. Yoon's lawyer, Kim Hong-il, condemned the arrest against Yoon, stating the declaration of martial law was "not intended to paralyse the state" and it had meant to "alert the public to the national crisis caused by the legislative dictatorship of the dominant opposition party." The court's acting chief justice, Moon Hyung-bae, said the next court hearing would be held on 25 February, and another is scheduled for 24 March.
  
  Han Duck-soo also had a court hearing the same day. "I am deeply burdened by the despair that each and every one of our people felt due to such extreme politics that took place before, during and after emergency martial law," Han stated in court. "All procedures dealing with the emergency martial law must be carried out fairly and reasonably so that there is no further spark of the national division."
  
  The court upheld the impeachment of Yoon in a unanimous 8–0 decision on 4 April, removing Yoon from office.