Ky. Rev. Stat. § 501.090

Current through Acts Received April 18, 2024
Section 501.090 - Liability - Duress
(1) In any prosecution for an offense other than an intentional homicide, it is a defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was coerced to do so by the use of, or a threat of the use of, unlawful physical force against him or another person which a person in his situation could not reasonably be expected to resist.
(2) The defense provided by subsection (1) is unavailable if the defendant intentionally or wantonly placed himself in a situation in which it was probable that he would be subjected to coercion.

KRS 501.090

Effective:1/1/1975
Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 19, effective1/1/1975.