Code · Kentucky · Chapter 504 — Responsibility

504.020 Mental illness or intellectual disability.

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(1)A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a

result of mental illness or intellectual disability, he lacks substantial capacity either

to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the

requirements of law.

(2)As used in this chapter, the term "mental illness or intellectual disability" does not

include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial

conduct.

(3)A defendant may prove mental illness or intellectual disability, as used in this

section, in exculpation of criminal conduct.