California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ruano, B279177 (Cal. App. 2017):
court does not have a sua sponte duty to instruct the jury as to voluntary intoxication, however. Instead, the defendant must request such an instruction. (People v. Myles (2012) 53 Cal.4th 1181, 1217.)
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