My question involves criminal law for the state of: Georgia
If someone is intoxicated from alcohol, how drunk would they need to be for it to be considered public intoxication? Do they have to be causing a disturbance of some kind or is simply appearing significantly intoxicated enough to get them in trouble? Also, does the context factor in? For instance, if the person is stumbling their way home from a bar on Friday night versus a hardcore alcoholic whose stumbling around town completely shitfaced at 10 AM. Or is it a certain BAC threshold like it is for drunk driving?
The area where I used to live in New York used to have a police blotter that sometimes mentioned people being picked up for public intoxication, but the stories of what they did were outrageous (e.g. behaving aggressively, throwing up on someone's shoe, passed out on the street, and other really outrageous drunken behaviors). So, I never really gave it much thought. Where I live now, you'll see stories of people getting picked up for public intoxication but there didn't seem to be any preceding circumstances other than that they "appeared drunk".
Also, is there a lower threshold for people on substances other than alcohol? Or is public intoxication the same whether it is alcohol or other substances?
If someone is intoxicated from alcohol, how drunk would they need to be for it to be considered public intoxication? Do they have to be causing a disturbance of some kind or is simply appearing significantly intoxicated enough to get them in trouble? Also, does the context factor in? For instance, if the person is stumbling their way home from a bar on Friday night versus a hardcore alcoholic whose stumbling around town completely shitfaced at 10 AM. Or is it a certain BAC threshold like it is for drunk driving?
The area where I used to live in New York used to have a police blotter that sometimes mentioned people being picked up for public intoxication, but the stories of what they did were outrageous (e.g. behaving aggressively, throwing up on someone's shoe, passed out on the street, and other really outrageous drunken behaviors). So, I never really gave it much thought. Where I live now, you'll see stories of people getting picked up for public intoxication but there didn't seem to be any preceding circumstances other than that they "appeared drunk".
Also, is there a lower threshold for people on substances other than alcohol? Or is public intoxication the same whether it is alcohol or other substances?
What Defines Public Intoxication
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