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· 12/17/1991

Commonwealth v. Griscom

Citations

  • 600 A.2d 996
  • 411 Pa. Super. 49
  • 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3902

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that the Pennsylvania appellate courts have not determined involuntary intoxication to be a viable defense against a DUI charge
  • concluding that the Pennsylvania appellate courts have not determined involuntary intoxication to be a viable defense against a DUI charge
  • observing that “[w]hile involuntary intoxication may, as an abstract principle, be a defense to a crime, no Pennsylvania appellate court has yet to hold that the defense of involuntary intoxication is a viable one”
  • plurality nature of case and fact that it has never been cited, compelled Griscom Court to decline reliance on Mikulan

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Judges: Sole, Johnson, Hester

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