STATE v. GOVER

[No. 124, September Term, 1972.]

267 Md. 602 (1973)

298 A.2d 378

STATE OF MARYLAND v. GOVER

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arrie W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Samuel A. Green, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Stuart E. Hirsch, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellant.

Edward C. Covahey, Jr., and William F.C. Marlow, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES and LEVINE, JJ.


DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We consider in this case whether voluntary intoxication can be a defense to an indictment charging robbery with a deadly weapon.

November 12, 1970 began for Walter F. (Buddy) Gover when he awoke at 6:00 a.m. feeling the ill effects of the previous night's drinking bout. As a remedy for his hangover, he chose a shot of whiskey from a bottle left from his prior evening's activities. Throughout that day he continued...

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