Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 424

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

English translation of the principle

Intent to kill. A concealed matter. How it is discerned. Its inference is a matter of fact.. - The challenged judgment's ascertainment of this intent from the perpetrator's use of a lethal instrument, his repeated stabbing of the victim with it in lethal locations, and the evidence establishing it. Sufficient to respond to the plea of absence of intent to kill and the challenge to the court's failure to amend the description of the charge to assault resulting in death. Second: Premeditation:-
Arabic original
قصد القتل. أمر خفي. كيفية إدراكه. استخلاصه موضوعي.. - استظهار الحكم المطعون فيه لهذا القصد من استعمال الجاني أداة قاتلة وموالاته طعن المجني عليه بها في مواضع قاتلة والأدلة المثبتة له. كافٍ للرد على الدفع بانتفاء نية القتل والنعي على المحكمة عدم تعديلها لوصف التهمة إلى الضرب المفضي إلى الموت. ثانياً: سبق الإصرار:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٥٠/٢٠٠٨ جزائي جلسة ٦/١٠/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٧ ج ٣ ص ٤٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 111. PDF pages: 108.

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