The instruction in Davis however did not deal with the requirement of "gross intoxication" which seems to be the standard in West Virginia to negate specific intent.

... to general-intent crimes. Voluntary intoxication is a defense to specific intent crimes. [B] Special Rule for Homicide – Two states, Virginia and ...

... second degree, as long as the specific intent did not antedate the intoxication.' Syllabus Point 2, State v. Keeton, 166 W. Va. 77 ... McFarland, 175 W. Va. 205, 332 S.E.2d 217 ...

issues involving diminished capacity that might face the West Virginia Supreme ... could be negated by intoxication; "general" intent, mental elements not so ...

4) the intent required by the offense was not formed prior to the intoxication. ... required, "gross intoxication," is spelled out in West Virginia case law. ...

236 (W.Va. 1994). Bob intended to take and carry away Al's piano to deprive ... that requires purpose (intent or knowledge) to establish that the intoxication ...

A psychiatric evaluation is needed for all exposures with suicidal intent. ... Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, ...

... "gross intoxication" which seems to be the standard in West Virginia to negate specific intent. ... of intoxication required under West Virginia case law. ...

Transferred Intent. INTOXICATION NEGATING MENTAL STATE. MISTAKE OF FACT NEGATING MENTAL STATE ... California, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Texas. ...

Brant, 252 S.E.2d 901, 903-04 (W. Va. 1979). Intoxication can serve as a defense to burglary if the defendant was so intoxicated that he or she could not form the specific intent to ...