Title L, Kentucky Penal Code

A person may be guilty of an offense without having one (1) of the culpable mental states defined in KRS 501.020 only when: (1) The offense is a violation or a misdemeanor as defined in KRS 500.080 and no particular culpable mental state is included within the definition of the o…

(1) Conduct is the cause of a result when it is an antecedent without which the result in question would not have occurred. (2) When intentionally causing a particular result is an element of an offense, the element is not established if the actual result is not within the intent…

(1) A person's ignorance or mistake as to a matter of fact or law does not relieve him of criminal liability unless: (a) Such ignorance or mistake negatives the existence of the culpable mental state required for commission of an offense; or (b) The statute under which he is char…

Intoxication is a defense to a criminal charge only if such condition either: (1) Negatives the existence of an element of the offense; or (2) Is not voluntarily produced and deprives the defendant of substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to …

(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 p…

(1) As used in this section, "offense against a vulnerable victim" means any violation of: (a) KRS 508.100; (b) KRS 508.110; (c) KRS 508.120; (d) KRS 510.040, 510.050, 510.060, 510.070, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, 510.120, or 530.020, if the victim is under the age of fourteen (14…

A person is guilty of an offense committed with the aid of an unmanned aircraft system if the unmanned aircraft system is under his or her control and the conduct would have given rise to criminal liability for the offense if performed directly by the person, unless the conduct c…