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Kansas · Through 2025 legislative session

K.S.A. 21-5209: Defense of lack of mental state.

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  1. Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  2. Article 52.—PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

It shall be a defense to a prosecution under any statute that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the culpable mental state required as an element of the crime charged. Mental disease or defect is not otherwise a defense.

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