15 Md. App. 163 - Gover v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
May 1988
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Md. App. 447 - Clarke v. State · 8 Md. App. 598 - Wiggins v. State · 2 Md. App. 771 - Mock v. State · Avey v. State · 2 Md. App. 524 - Dubs v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““It is universally recognized that voluntary drunkenness is generally not a defense to crime, see Michael v. State, 1 Md. App. 243, 247 , 229 A. 2d 145 wherein we collected the various authorities. Although the older law made no exceptions it is now equally well settled that where a crime requires a specific intent, motive, or purpose, voluntary drunkenness may be considered in determining whether or not the accused lacked the mental capacity to commit the crime....””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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