KCC 9/2012
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
Mental Health, Criminal Courts, Criminal Evidence, Offences against the Person
Decision date
22 Jun 2014
Catchwords
Mental Health - Killing - Court Authority - Evidence
This case involved whether criminal intention existed in the case of a woman convicted of killing. It was within the court's authority to evaluate her mental health.
Background
An appellant said in her grounds of appeal that the appealed ruling by which she was convicted of killing had insufficient evidence of causation and had violated the right of defence. The court said that the court established the ruling on the grounds of the reasons of the elementary ruling. She said that she had maintained before the court that her confession was invalid due to the physiological illness she suffered from and that the criminal intention did not exist due to the same reasons but the court dismissed this defence.