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RSA 626:4 · Intoxication

Title: LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter: 626 · GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Status: current
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626:4 Intoxication. – Intoxication is not, as such, a defense. The defendant may, however, introduce evidence of intoxication whenever it is relevant to negate an element of the offense charged, and it shall be taken into consideration in determining whether such element has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

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Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

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1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973

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