Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 425

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

English translation of the principle

Premeditation. Its nature: the resolve to commit the act sufficiently in advance of its execution to allow the perpetrator to deliberate calmly. The implication thereof. The offender's killing of the victim while his emotional agitation still possessed him and blocked the path to sustained calm thought. Its consequence. The absence of the circumstance of premeditation.
Arabic original
سبق الإصرار. ماهيته: التصميم على ارتكاب الفعل قبل تنفيذه بوقت كاف يتاح فيه للفاعل التروي في هدوء. مؤدى ذلك. اقتراف الجاني قتل المجني عليه وكانت ثورته النفسية لا زالت تتملكه وتسد عليه سبيل التفكير الهادئ المستمر. مقتضاه. عدم توافر ظرف سبق الإصرار.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦/١٩٧٧ جزائي جلسة ١/٥/١٩٧٨ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤٢٧)

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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