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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-207

Intoxication

Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Jesse Q. Collins v. State of Arkansas (2021)

Most recently applied in Shadrack Ward v. State of Arkansas (October 2025)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 207; 1977, No. 101, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-207.

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(1) Intoxication that is not self-induced intoxication is an affirmative defense to a prosecution if at the time a person engages in the conduct charged to constitute the offense the person lacks capacity to: Conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law; or

(2) Appreciate the criminality of his or her conduct.

(3) As used in this section: “Intoxication” means a disturbance of a mental or physical capacity resulting from the introduction of alcohol, a drug, or another substance into the body; and

(4) “Self-induced intoxication” means intoxication caused by a substance that the actor knowingly introduces into his or her body and the actor knows or ought to know the tendency of the substance to cause intoxication.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.