Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 2001No. 92S03-0009-CR-518PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that Indiana Code section 35-41-2-5, prohibiting the use of evidence of voluntary intoxication to negate the mens rea requirement in criminal eases, does not violate the Indiana Constitution.
Factual and Procedural Background
On the night of July 6, 1998, Guadalupe Sanchez attended a birthday party in a trailer in Allen County, Indiana. All nine people at the party were drinking and some were smoking marijuana. Sanchez was noticeably intoxicated after consuming between two and twenty-four beers and several glasses of tequila. He was asked to leave…
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