State v. Mriglot

Defendant,Jack E. Mriglot, appeals from his conviction of forgery in the first degree—having feloniously uttered a check upon which he knowingly forged the payee’s endorsement with the intent to defraud. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred by failing to instruct on the defense theory of involuntary intoxication. In pursuit of this theory, defendant proposed the following instruction: .

If a person is involuntarily under the influence or affected by the use of liquor or drugs, he is excused from any criminal act committed while in said state of intoxication.

The…