DPP v Majewski [1976] UKHL 2 is a leading English criminal law case, establishing that voluntary intoxication such as by drugs or alcohol is no defence to crimes requiring only basic intent.

Dismissing his appeal, the highest criminal court held that he could not rely on intoxication, as it is no defence.

The requisite mens rea can be disproved if the defendant can prove that he was so intoxicated as to be incapable of forming such an intent.

[6] An alternative model is that specific intent is when the mens rea goes beyond the actus reus, i.e. the defendant contemplates consequences beyond their physical actions.

[7] In the instant case, it was held that assault occasioning ABH is a crime of basic intent.