2005 Idaho Code - 18-116 — INTOXICATION NO EXCUSE FOR CRIME

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 1
                            PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
    18-116.  INTOXICATION NO EXCUSE FOR CRIME. A person who is in an
intoxicated condition is criminally responsible for his conduct and an
intoxicated condition is not a defense to any offense and may not be taken
into consideration in determining the existence of a mental state which is an
element of the offense unless the defendant proves that he did not know that
it was an intoxicating substance when he consumed, smoked, sniffed, injected
or otherwise ingested the substance causing the condition.

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