Sec. 5. It is a defense that the person who engaged in the prohibited conduct did so while he was intoxicated, only if the intoxication resulted from the introduction of a substance into his body:
(1) without his consent; or
(2) when he did not know that the substance might cause intoxication.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.10; Acts 1980, P.L.205, SEC.1; P.L.210-1997, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 41. Substantive Criminal Provisions
Chapter 3. Defenses Relating to Culpability
35-41-3-2. Use of Force to Protect Person or Property
35-41-3-3. Use of Force Relating to Arrest or Escape
35-41-3-6. Mental Disease or Defect
35-41-3-11. Mental Disease or Defect; Use of Justifiable Reasonable Force
35-41-3-12. Defense to Crime Involving the Death of or Injury to a Fetus; Exceptions