Is evidence of voluntary intoxication "too insubstantial" to require submission of the defense to the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garceau, 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 664, 6 Cal.4th 140, 862 P.2d 664 (Cal. 1993):
Thus, the trial court's ruling was correct. Evidence of defendant's alleged voluntary intoxication was " 'too insubstantial to require submission of the defense to the jury.' " (People v. Williams, supra, 44 Cal.3d at p. 1143, 245 Cal.Rptr. 635, 751 P.2d 901 [citing the cases].)
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