What is the test for a finding of involuntary manslaughter based on voluntary intoxication?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Long, 113 Cal.Rptr. 530, 38 Cal.App.3d 680 (Cal. App. 1974):
1 To support a finding of involuntary manslaughter based on voluntary intoxication that voluntary intoxication must reach the state of unconsciousness. (People v. Roy, 18 Cal.App.3d 537, 95 Cal.Rptr. 884.)
2 as the defendant said of the decedent, 'He was a pretty ugly sight.'
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