{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-504.130","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 504.130","heading":"Grounds for finding defendant guilty but mentally ill.","body":"(1) The defendant may be found guilty but mentally ill if:\n(a) The prosecution proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty\nof an offense; and\n(b) The defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he was\nmentally ill at the time of the offense.\n(2) If the defendant waives his right to trial, the court may accept a plea of guilty but\nmentally ill if it finds that the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 504"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19692","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"6d0b0975f9cddb01a4012048401c636b984cbc88dfa8644edb992dc248b61469","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-504.120","next":"us-ky/krs-504.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}