2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 9A - WASHINGTON CRIMINAL CODE
9A.16 Defenses.
9A.16.090 Intoxication.
RCW 9A.16.090 Intoxication.
No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his or her condition, but whenever the actual existence of any particular mental state is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the fact of his or her intoxication may be taken into consideration in determining such mental state.
[2011 c 336 § 355; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.16.090.]
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