Section 519.030 - Compounding a crime(1) A person is guilty of compounding a crime when: (a) He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that he will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime; or(b) He confers, offers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon another person upon agreement or understanding that such other person will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.(2) In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense that the benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense.(3) Compounding a crime is a Class A misdemeanor.Effective:1/1/1975
Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 165, effective1/1/1975.