At 04:42 PM 04/12/2001 -0700, Ace Cholinesterace wrote: >Ninth Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instructions > 6.8 INTOXICATION—DIMINISHED CAPACITY > >You may consider evidence of [intoxication] [abnormal mental condition] >in deciding whether the government >has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted with the >intent to commit [crime charged]. Does this include "The prosecutor was paranoid" or "was the judge *stoned* or just senile?" as reasons to acquit?
