United States v. Veach

Darwin Veach (defendant), intoxicated, crashed his car in a national park and resisted arrest by two park rangers, injuring one, while repeatedly threatening to kill both rangers. He was convicted of resisting a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. Section 111(a)(1) and of threatening to assault and murder officers with intent to interfere with their duties under 18 U.S.C. Section 115(a)(1)(B). Veach appealed, arguing the trial court should have let him present a voluntary-intoxication defense to both charges.