What is the current state of the law in Ontario on the issue of voluntary intoxication?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reyes, 52 Cal.App.4th 975, 61 Cal.Rptr.2d 39 (Cal. App. 1997):
6 As part of the 1995 amendment to section 22, subdivision (b), evidence of voluntary intoxication is no longer admissible on the issue of implied malice aforethought (stats.1995, ch. 793, 1), thus superseding the holding of People v. Whitfield. However, the court's analysis remains germane to the admissibility of evidence of intoxication to refute the element of knowledge in other types of crimes, such as receiving stolen property.
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