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Título 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Capítulo 3. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS · Artículo 1. RESPONSIBILITY

16-3-4. Intoxication.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (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.#

  2. (b)

    Involuntary intoxication means intoxication caused by:#

    1. (1)

      Consumption of a substance through excusable ignorance; or#

    2. (2)

      The coercion, fraud, artifice, or contrivance of another person.#

  3. (c)

    Voluntary intoxication shall not be an excuse for any criminal act or omission.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 779; Code 1863, § 4197; Code 1868, § 4236; Code 1873, § 4301; Code 1882, § 4301; Penal Code 1895, § 39; Penal Code 1910, § 39; Code 1933, § 26-403; Code 1933, § 26-704, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Cross references

Voidable nature of contracts made by intoxicated persons, § 13-3-25. Mental capacity as it relates to competency to stand trial and as it relates to culpability for criminal acts, §§ 17-7-130, 17-7-131. Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs, § 40-6-391.

Law reviews

For article discussing the theory of insanity in criminal law, see 15 Mercer L. Rev. 399 (1964).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t16-ch1-6-(v14)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volumen V14, edición 2019, página 252; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 7e331f0ca7d3.