Opinion
No. 2012AP2345.
2013-09-24
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Charles EGGENBERGER, Defendant–Appellant.
These assertions do not provide any evidence that Eggenberger's medications made him unable to distinguish between right and wrong with respect to the sexual assaults of his step-granddaughter. Eggenberger does not define the terms “psycho-somatic reactions,” “Serotonin Syndrome,” and “Prozac poisoning” or suggest that these conditions affect a person's ability to tell right from wrong. At most, Eggenberger has shown that his medications “caused [him] to lack judgment” and lowered his inhibitions. This is insufficient to support an involuntary intoxication defense. Eggenberger discouraged the victim from reporting the assaults to her family, telling her he would go to jail for the rest of his life and her father would probably kill him. He stated, “[I]f you love me ..., you won't say anything to anybody.” When the victim informed Eggenberger that “they said in school that I should tell[,]” he responded: