People v. Kelley

The defendant appeals his conviction of armed robbery.1 We reverse because of instructional error concerning the intoxication defense.

*617The people’s evidence showed that the defendant and George Moore entered a drug store at 8:30 p.m. and held it up using revolvers.

At the trial the defendant testified that for several days before the robbery he had been drinking heavily. He claimed that after drinking 20 to 25 bottles of beer during the morning of the day the crime was committed he drove his car to Moore’s house to buy some insulation from him. After purchasing the insulation the defendant and…