{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-504.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 504.020","heading":"Mental illness or intellectual disability.","body":"(1) A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of the conduct, as a\nresult of mental illness or intellectual disability, he or she lacks substantial capacity\nto appreciate the nature and quality of his or her conduct.\n(2) As used in this c hapter, the term \"mental illness or intellectual disability\" does not\ninclude an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial\nconduct.\n(3) A defendant may prove mental illness or intellectual disability, as used in this\nsection, in exculpation of criminal conduct.","path":["KRS Chapter 504"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57185","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"ff9cc78a717621a6a5d7ffbf79026c78dca84bcfc93764489958349fa8473d0d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-504.010","next":"us-ky/krs-504.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}