Legal Opinion
Montana v. Egelhoff
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1996No. 95-566PublishedCited by 706 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Scalia
We consider in this case whether the Due Process Clause is violated by Montana Code Annotated §45-2-203, which provides, in relevant part, that voluntary intoxication “may *40not be taken into consideration in determining the existence of a mental state which is an element of [a criminal] offense.”
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In July 1992, while camping out m the Yaak region of northwestern Montana to pick mushrooms, respondent made friends with Roberta Pavola and John Christenson, who were doing the same. On Sunday, July 12, the three sold the mushrooms they had collected and spent the rest of the day and evening…
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