Actio libera in causa

Actio libera in causa is a law principle in Continental laws. A person who voluntarily and deliberately gets drunk or cause mental illness in order to commit a crime is guilty of that crime even though at the time he commits the prohibited conduct he may be blind-drunk and acting involuntarily.principle.[1][2]

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