DEEN, Judge.
1. The fact as testified to by the defendant that he became addicted to drugs while in prison may be a sad commentary on our penal administration, but it is no basis for exonerating the prisoner even though his motive in committing the burglary was to obtain supplies of narcotics. It was held in Strickland v. State, 137 Ga. 115 (1) (72 SE 922): "If one voluntarily becomes intoxicated by the use of a drug, this will not excuse him for the commission...
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