Title 16, Chapter 3, Section 4
( 16-3-4)
(a) A person shall not be found guilty of a crime when, at the time
of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime, the
person, because of involuntary intoxication, did not have sufficient
mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong in relation
to such act. (b) Involuntary intoxication means intoxication caused by: (1) Consumption of a substance through excusable ignorance; or (2) The coercion, fraud, artifice, or contrivance of another
person. (c) Voluntary intoxication shall not be an excuse for any criminal
act or omission. |