Code · Kentucky · Chapter 504 — Responsibility

504.130 Grounds for finding defendant guilty but mentally ill.

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(1)The defendant may be found guilty but mentally ill if:

(a)The prosecution proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty

of an offense; and

(b)The defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he was

mentally ill at the time of the offense.

(2)If the defendant waives his right to trial, the court may accept a plea of guilty but

mentally ill if it finds that the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the offense.