501.010 Definitions.

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The following definitions apply in this chapter:

(1)"Culpable mental state" means "intentionally" or "knowingly" or "wantonly" or

"recklessly," as these terms are defined in KRS 501.020.

(2)"Intoxication" means a disturbance of mental or physical capacities resulting from

the introduction of substances into the body.

(3)"Voluntary act" means a bodily movement performed consciously as a result of

effort or determination and includes the possession of property if the actor was

aware of his physical possession or control thereof for a sufficient period to have

been able to terminate it.

(4)"Voluntary intoxication" means intoxication caused by substances which the

defendant knowingly introduces into his body, the tendency of which to cause

intoxication he knows or ought to know, unless he introduces them pursuant to

medical advice or under such duress as would afford a defense to a charge of crime.