P. v. Hudon
In September 2007 Michael Joseph Hudon was arrested after he evaded the police during a late-night car chase and then attacked one of the officers, breaking his nose, after the officers executed a traffic stop. At trial, Hudon's defense was that he must be completely relieved from criminal liability because when he committed the allegedly criminal acts, he was unconscious due to involuntary intoxication. Specifically, he claimed that as a result of ingesting the prescribed sleep-aid medication Ambien before he went to bed on the night of the incident, he was unconscious both when he drank an excessive amount of alcohol and when he drove his car and punched the police officer.
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