Supreme Court of California

Evidence of voluntary intoxication is not admissible under Penal Code section 22 on the issue of whether defendant formed the required mental state for arson because arson is a general intent crime.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/12/2001
• Published 03/12/2001

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Victor Blumenkrantz, Berkeley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Mathew Chan, Carlos A. Martinez and Kelly E. LeBel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson, for Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.