EFFECT OF DRUG-INDUCED INTOXICATION ON THE ISSUE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

• NCJ Number: 7902
• Journal: Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 8 Issue: 9 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1972) Pages: 731-747
• Author(s): G W Lunter
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Warren, Gorham and Lamont, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISIONS, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH RELATING TO THE ISSUE, AND PROBLEMS IN TRYING CASES.

Abstract

VOLUNTARY DRUNKENNESS, NOT AMOUNTING TO LEGAL INSANITY, WHETHER CAUSED BY LIQUOR OR DRUGS, IS GENERALLY NOT A DEFENSE FOR AN OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE IN THAT CONDITION. RATIONALES WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED THIS RULE AND RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS WHICH HAVE A BEARING ON ITS BASIS ARE REVIEWED. THE PROBLEM IS TO SEPARATE TRUE MENTAL INCAPACITY FROM MORAL IRRESPONSIBILITY.