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18 Pa.C.S. § 308

Intoxication or drugged condition

Known as the Crimes Code

The act spans §§ 18–18 (603 sections).

(Apr. 7, 1976, P.L.72, No.32, eff. imd.)

Neither voluntary intoxication nor voluntary drugged condition is a defense to a criminal charge, nor may evidence of such conditions be introduced to negative the element of intent of the offense, except that evidence of such intoxication or drugged condition of the defendant may be offered by the defendant whenever it is relevant to reduce murder from a higher degree to a lower degree of murder.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.