Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 444
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Offenses of intentional killing and attempted intentional killing. Distinguished by the intention to intend killing and taking life. Their difference in this respect from the general criminal intent required in all other offenses. The effect thereof. The judgment must establish this intent and the evidence proving it. The judgment's failure to demonstrate the existence of an intent to kill. Vitiates it. Sixth: The penalty for the offense of killing:
Arabic original
جرائم القتل العمد والشروع فيها. تميزها بنية انتواء القتل وإزهاق الروح. اختلافها في ذلك عن القصد الجنائي العام المتطلب في سائر الجرائم الأخرى. أثر ذلك. وجوب استظهار الحكم لهذا القصد والأدلة المثبتة له. قعود الحكم عن التدليل على توافر نية القتل. يعيبه. سادساً: عقوبة جريمة القتل:Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٨٣/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ٤/١/٢٠٠٠ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٣٧١)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 115. PDF pages: 112.
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