Thereof, why is voluntary intoxication usually not accepted as a defense to a criminal charge?
Unlike involuntary intoxication, voluntary intoxication is never a defense to a general intent crime. However, voluntary intoxication may be used as a defense to specific intent crimes if, as with involuntary intoxication, it prevents the defendant from forming the criminal intent necessary to commit the crime.
One may also ask, what are the arguments used in defending against a criminal indictment? Arguments used in defending against a criminal would be 1) Infancy 2) Duress 3) XYY chromosome (makes men men aggressive), 4) Necessity, and 5) Entrapment (forced to commit a crime).
Also asked, what is a defense against intoxication?
In criminal law, the intoxication defense is a defense by which a defendant may claim diminished responsibility on the basis of substance intoxication. With regard to punishment, intoxication may be a mitigating factor that decreases a prison or jail sentence.
Can a drunk statement be used in court?
Yes a statement from very intoxicated person can be used in court. Despite your no remembering what you said, if they recorded it by reliable means it has some evidentiary value. The jury can decide what part if any of your drunk ramblings to believe.