Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1250

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

English translation of the principle

The trial court's conviction that the offence is established. It may derive it from any evidence. Condition thereof. - Weighing witnesses' statements. A matter of fact. - The plea that the accusation is malicious. A substantive plea. The judgment's failure to respond to it expressly does not vitiate it so long as the response - 385 - Criminal Procedures and Trials is implicitly derived from the conviction ruling. - Reaching certainty on what the forensic physician did not state with certainty in his report. Within the trial court's authority. Condition thereof.
Arabic original
اقتناع محكمة الموضوع بثبوت الجريمة. لها أن تستمده من أي دليل. شرط ذلك. - وزن أقوال الشهود. موضوعي. - الدفع بكيدية الاتهام. موضوعي. لا يعيب الحكم عدم الرد عليه صراحة مادام الرد - ٣٨٥ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية مستفاد ضمناً منه القضاء بالإدانة. - الجزم بما لم يجزم به الطبيب الشرعي في تقريره. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٠/١٩٨٦ جزائي جلسة ٢٠/١٠/١٩٨٦ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٤٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 385. PDF pages: 378–379.

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