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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 939.42: Intoxication.

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  1. Chs. 939-951, Criminal Code
  2. Chapter 939 Crimes — General Provisions
  3. SUBCHAPTER III DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY

An intoxicated or a drugged condition of the actor is a defense only if such condition is involuntarily produced and does one of the following:

(1) Renders the actor incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong in regard to the alleged criminal act at the time the act is committed.

(2) Negatives the existence of a state of mind essential to the crime.

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