KRS 501.090: Liability -- Duress.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 501
(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 woul d be
subjected to coercion.
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