DIMOND, Justice.
Appellant was convicted and given a 90-day jail sentence by the district court for the offense of appearing in public in a drunken condition. On appeal his conviction was affirmed by the superior court. He has now appealed to this court, claiming that since he is a chronic alcoholic, incapable of controlling his obsession to drink to excess, he cannot be held criminally accountable for the crime of being drunk in public and that it would violate the...
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