{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-35.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 35.260","heading":"Number of votes required.","body":"(1) No person may be convicted of an offense except as provided in KRS 35.225(2) or\nby the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the members present at the time the vote is\ntaken.\n(2) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court -\nmartial shall be determined by a majority vote, but a determination to reconsider a\nfinding of guilty or to reconsider a sentence, with a view toward decreasing it, may\nbe made by any lesser vote which indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed\nby t he number of votes required for that finding or sentence. A tie vote on a\nchallenge disqualifies the member challenged. A tie vote on a motion relating to the\nquestion of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused. A tie vote on\nany other question shall be a determination in favor of the accused.","path":["KRS Chapter 35"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41928","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:52Z","sha256":"cc1d6e96b2cebeb3d6511a7e975888626b5abfb1f7ef16cc62a4e450b6612303","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-35.255","next":"us-ky/krs-35.265"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}