Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 110

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Convicting the appellant of the offences he committed on the basis of medical reports that he did not suffer from mental illness and that the other illnesses resulted from his misuse of psychotropic substances and narcotic substances at the time of the incident. Challenging this. Inadmissible before the Court of Cassation. The reason for this.
Arabic original
إدانة الطاعن عما اقترفه من جرائم استناداً للتقارير الطبية من عدم إصابته بمرض عقلي وأن الأمراض الأخرى من سوء استعماله للمؤثرات العقلية والمواد المخدرة وقت الحادث. النعي على ذلك. غير مقبول أمام محكمة التمييز. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٥/٢٠٠٦ جزائي جلسة ٢٦/١٢/٢٠٠٦ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص٥٩٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 33. PDF pages: 30.

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