Title:
Setting fire in the forest – lack of criminal intent – court legal description
Party:
Morocco
Region:
Africa
Type of document:
National - higher court
Date of text:
February 18, 2009
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
Court of Cassation
Seat of court:
Rabat
Abstract:
As long as the defendant denied his intention to set fire in the forest and confirms that he only forgot to put it off after making tea, the court was right to reconsider the legal description of facts and apply the appropriate description which is provisions of Article 607 of the criminal code instead of Article 581 of the same code, on the ground that there is a lack of criminal intent.
Request rejected
Available in:
Court of Cassation’s Decisions on the environment