Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 178

The trial court has the authority to rely on the accused's confession subsequent to an invalid arrest and search. Assessment of the value of the confession and the extent of its connection with the invalid search and its results. A matter of fact. The judgment's disregarding the plea of invalidity of the arrest and search procedures and relying on the appellant's confession in the prosecution investigations and before the court of first instance as self-standing evidence independent of the apprehension and search procedures alleged to be invalid. Does not vitiate it.