{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5209","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-5209","heading":"Defense of lack of mental state.","body":"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.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 52.—PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_052_0009.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:10Z","sha256":"665c58e481e2430aa48c6801a33a151afac73eb20a1fd551bc51dc87dbb4c4c5","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5208","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}