PEOPLE v. STONE

Court of Appeals No. 15CA2076.

471 P.3d 1148 (2020)

2020 COA 23

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ryan Cole STONE, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Announced February 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Jacob R. Lofgren , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Megan A. Ring , Colorado State Public Defender, Jud Lohnes , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶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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