One night during his winter break from college, a student is out at a bar. The bar is extremely crowded, but the student and his friends don't mind, because the whiskey they have been ingesting copiously has put them in high spirits. Late into the evening, the sorority president walks into the bar, dressed in a tight dress and heels. The student runs to the president and throws his arms around her, lifting her up. As the student is swinging the president around in joy, the point of her stiletto heel hits a bar patron in the eye, severely damaging his cornea. The patron requires surgery to save his eyesight. The student is charged with criminal battery. It is revealed that at the time of the incident, the student's blood alcohol level is 0.12 percent, more than twice that permissible for operating a motor vehicle. Is the student's intoxication likely to prevent his conviction of the crime of battery?

Question 2 options:

A)

Yes, because his intoxication negated his intent.

B)

Yes, because intoxication can negate recklessness.

C)

Yes, because his intoxication indicates that he did not intend to cause the patron harmful or offensive contact or injury.

D)

No, because intoxication cannot negate recklessness.