KRS 507.020: Murder.

(1) A person is guilty of murder when:

(a) With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such

person or of a third person; except that in any prosecution a person shall not

be guilty under this subsection if he acted under the influence of extreme

emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse,

the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a

person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant

believed them to be. However, nothing contained in th is section shall

constitute a defense to a prosecution for or preclude a conviction of

manslaughter in the first degree or any other crime; or

(b) Including, but not limited to, the operation of a motor vehicle under

circumstances manifesting extreme indi fference to human life, he wantonly

engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person and

thereby causes the death of another person.

(2) Murder is a capital offense.