153 N.C. App. 671 - State v. Keitt’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Lynch · State v. Kennedy · State v. Lucas · State v. Lawrence · State v. Franklin
Most-quoted passages
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“[P]roduce[s] substantial evidence which would support a conclusion by the trial court that at the time of the crime for which he is being tried [the] defendant's mind and reason were so completely intoxicated and overthrown as to render him utterly incapable of forming [the requisite intent to commit the crime.] In the absence of some evidence of intoxication to such degree, the court is not required to charge the jury thereon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“he had gotten so drunk [on the evening of the burglary] that he couldn't tell [the officer] exactly when he left from where him and his friends were drinking.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“she smelled alcohol on [the] defendant and that when he was trying to leave her home, he had trouble navigating and fumbled with the door and screen door.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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