Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1207

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The trial court may sever the accused's admission. The admission need not cover the offence in all its elements. It is sufficient that it concern facts from which the court infers proof of his commission of the offence. - The judgment's error in calling the accused's admission a confession. It does not vitiate it so long as it did not attach to it the - 379 - Criminal Procedures and Trials legal effect of a confession.
Arabic original
لمحكمة الموضوع تجزئة إقرار المتهم. لا يلزم في الإقرار وروده على الجريمة بكافة عناصرها. كفاية وروده على وقائع تستنتج منها المحكمة ثبوت اقترافه الجريمة. - خطأ الحكم في تسمية إقرار المتهم اعترافاً. لا يعيبه طالما لم يرتب عليها الأثر - ٣٧٩ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية القانوني للاعتراف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٤/١٩٩٤ جزائي جلسة ٢٨/١١/١٩٩٤ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص٤٠٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 379. PDF pages: 372–373.

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