Legal Opinion
Wyant v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 16, 1986PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice.
The defendant, Warren J. Wyant, appeals his convictions of rape in the first degree (two counts), attempted rape in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree and robbery in the first degree. The offenses, all involving one victim, were committed while defendant was admittedly under the influence of intoxicating liquor and drugs — voluntarily consumed. The principal issue on appeal is the proper construction, evidentiary application and constitutionality of 11 Del.C. § 421, declaring that voluntary intoxication is “no defense to any criminal charge.”
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Roy Irby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by24 opinions
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