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2022 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 4. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
§ 421. Voluntary intoxication.
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11 DE Code § 421 (2022)
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§ 421. Voluntary intoxication.
The fact that a criminal act was committed while the person committing such act was in a state of intoxication, or was committed because of such intoxication, is no defense to any criminal charge if the intoxication was voluntary.
11 Del. C. 1953, § 421; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1; 59 Del. Laws, c. 103, § 1; 59 Del. Laws, c. 203, § 37; 60 Del. Laws, c. 680, § 1;
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