Maine § 17-A §37 Intoxication

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §37 — Intoxication

Maine § 17-A §37

Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 1GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Ch. 2CRIMINAL LIABILITY; ELEMENTS OF CRIMES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §37 (2026).

Text

1.Except as provided in subsection 2, evidence of intoxication may raise a reasonable doubt as to the existence of a required culpable state of mind.

2.When recklessness establishes an element of the offense, if a person, due to self-induced intoxication, is unaware of a risk of which the person would have been aware had the person not been intoxicated, such unawareness is immaterial.

3.As used in this section:

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1.
Except as provided in subsection 2, evidence of intoxication may raise a reasonable doubt as to the existence of a required culpable state of mind.
2.
When recklessness establishes an element of the offense, if a person, due to self-induced intoxication, is unaware of a risk of which the person would have been aware had the person not been intoxicated, such unawareness is immaterial.
3.
As used in this section: