39 Ala. App. 257 - Ray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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50 state decisions

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1. ““Ray’s intoxication as affecting his ability to confess voluntarily is primarily a question of fact which addressed itself for admissibility to the trial judge and for credibility (and weight) to the jury. There is nothing in this record on which we can say the trial judge abused his discretion since we conclude that there must be shown a substantial impairment of the mind and will before drink can render a confession inadmissible. Thus, in Smith v. State, 25 Ala.App. 297 , 145 So. 504, 505 , we find Rice, J., saying: “ ‘The rule, as we understand it, is that intoxication less than mania does not exclude a confession made during its continuance; if claimed and proved, it only goes to the weight and credibility to be accorded by the jury to the said confession. * * * ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 51 Ala. App. 172 - Johnson v. State