Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 753

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

English translation of the principle

Assessing experts’ opinions and deciding challenges directed at them. Within the authority of the trial court. It may reach a definite conclusion on what the expert did not conclusively determine. - The court’s confidence in what the forensic physician’s report and the female forensic physician’s statements in the investigations and before the court stated, that the cause of the female victim’s death was the injuries she sustained collectively. The challenge alleging absence of a causal connection. Inadmissible.
Arabic original
تقدير آراء الخبراء والفصل فيما يوجه إليها من مطاعن. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. لها أن تجزم بما لم يجزم به الخبير. - اطمئنان المحكمة إلى ما أورده تقرير الطبيب الشرعي وأقوال الطبيبة الشرعية بالتحقيقات وأمام المحكمة من أن سبب وفاة المجني عليها ما لحق بها من إصابات مجتمعة. النعي بعدم توافر علاقة السببية. غير مقبول.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٠/٢٠٠٤ جزائي جلسة ١٢/١١/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس – المجلد الثاني عشر ص ١٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 277. PDF pages: 270.

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