Opinion by CHIEF JUDGE BERNARD.
¶1 "Qui peccat ebrius, luat sobrius" means "[h]e who offends while drunk suffers punishment when sober." Ballentine's Law Dictionary 1043 (3d ed. 1969). This venerable Latin legal maxim is expressed in Colorado in section 18-1-804(1), C.R.S. 2019, which states that "[i]ntoxication of the accused is not a defense...
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