CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3427
Involuntary Intoxication
Consider any evidence that the defendant was involuntarily intoxicated
in deciding whether the defendant had the required (intent/ [or] mental
state) when (he/she) acted.
A person is involuntarily intoxicated if he or she unknowingly ingested
some intoxicating liquor, drug, or other substance, or if his or her
intoxication is caused by the (force/[,] [or] duress/[,] [or] fraud/[,] [or]
trickery) of someone else, for whatever purpose[, without any fault on
the part of the intoxicated person].
New January 2006; Revised August 2013, September 2024*
* Denotes changes only to bench notes and other commentaries.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2025
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