2025 Session
Last amended: 1984 session
§ 609.235 — Use of Drugs to Injure or Facilitate Crime
Plain-Language Summary
It is a felony to give someone a poison, sleeping drug, or other overpowering substance with the intent to hurt them or to make it easier to commit a crime against them. The penalty is up to five years in prison, a fine up to $10,000, or both.
609.235 USE OF DRUGS TO INJURE OR FACILITATE CRIME.
Whoever administers to another or causes another to take any poisonous, stupefying, overpowering, narcotic or anesthetic substance with intent thereby to injure or to facilitate the commission of a crime may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
History:
1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.235; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
History: History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.235; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
Practical Notes
This law covers situations like drugging someone’s drink to rob them or using a substance to incapacitate a victim. It applies to any drug or substance that can overpower or knock someone out. This is a separate charge from the underlying crime that is committed after the victim is drugged.