35-9-12. Social host's lack of physical presence not a defense.
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It is not a defense of a violation of §§ 35-9-9 and 35-9-10 that the social host was not physically present on or at the premises if the social host knew that illegal consumption of alcoholic beverages would occur in his or her absence.