Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1906

A judgment rendered in the presence of the accused. Its appeal period commences on the date it is rendered. Restriction of the accused’s liberty by his being in prison. It is not an excuse preventing him from filing a notice of appeal. The reason: he may submit his appeal through the prison warden. Article 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials. - The appellant’s complaint that the prison warden should have explained the judicial procedures to him and directed him to appeal the judgment rendered against him within the time limit. It does not constitute a legal excuse that prevented him from filing a notice of appeal within the time limit.