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§ 308. Intoxication or drugged condition

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Preliminary Provisions
Chapter 3. Culpability (Refs & Annos)
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 308
§ 308. Intoxication or drugged condition
Neither voluntary intoxication nor voluntary drugged condition is a defense to a criminal charge, nor may evidence of such conditions be introduced to negative the element of intent of the offense, except that evidence of such intoxication or drugged condition of the defendant may be offered by the defendant whenever it is relevant to reduce murder from a higher degree to a lower degree of murder.

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1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, effective June 6, 1973. Amended 1976, April 7, P.L. 72, No. 32, § 1, imd. effective.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 308, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 308
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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