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i'm pretty sure intoxication is a mitigating factor that may be considered in sentencing, but not in order to reduce a charge from murder to manslaughter. to do this, it would have to fall under the category of, say, diminished responsibility, and... it doesn't as far as i know, unless it were for example, unknowingly induced.Teoh said:Is self-induced intoxication still a partial defence for reducing murder to manslaughter?
I thought it was, as it can lead to no mens rea...but townie's notes says no?