· 12/17/1991
Commonwealth v. Griscom
Citations
- 600 A.2d 996
- 411 Pa. Super. 49
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3902
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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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