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TITLE 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 41. SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3. Defenses Relating to Culpability
35-41-3-5. Intoxication
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IN Code § 35-41-3-5 (2017)
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IC 35-41-3-5 Intoxication
Sec. 5. It is a defense that the person who engaged in the prohibited conduct did so while he was intoxicated, only if the intoxication resulted from the introduction of a substance into his body:
(1) without his consent; or
(2) when he did not know that the substance might cause intoxication.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.10; Acts 1980, P.L.205, SEC.1; P.L.210-1997, SEC.4.
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