KRS 532.040: Probation and conditional discharge.

When a person is convicted of an offense, other than a capital offense or having been

designated a violent offender as defined in KRS 439.3401, the court, where authorized by

KRS Chapter 533 and where not prohibited by other provisions of applicable law, m ay

sentence such person to a period of probation or to a period of conditional discharge as

provided in that chapter. A sentence to probation or conditional discharge shall be

deemed a tentative one to the extent that it may be altered or revoked in accord ance with

KRS Chapter 533, but for purposes of appeal shall be deemed to be a final judgment of

conviction. In any case where the court imposes a sentence of probation or conditional

discharge, it may also impose a fine as authorized by KRS Chapter 534.