{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-505.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 505.020","heading":"Prosecution for multiple offenses.","body":"(1) When a single course of conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of\nmore than one (1) offense, he may be prosecuted for each such offense. He may not,\nhowever, be convicted of more than one (1) offense when:\n(a) One offense is included in the other, as defined in subsection (2); or\n(b) Inconsistent findings of fact are required to establish the commission of the\noffenses; or\n(c) The offense is designed to prohibit a continuing course of conduct and the\ndefendant's course of conduct was uninterrup ted by legal process, unless the\nlaw expressly provides that specific periods of such conduct constitute\nseparate offenses.\n(2) A defendant may be convicted of an offense that is included in any offense with\nwhich he is formally charged. An offense is so included when:\n(a) It is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to\nestablish the commission of the offense charged; or\n(b) It consists of an attempt to commit the offense charged or to commit an\noffense otherwise included therein; or\n(c) It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a lesser kind of\nculpability suffices to establish its commission; or\n(d) It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury\nor risk of injury to the sa me person, property or public interest suffices to\nestablish its commission.","path":["KRS Chapter 505"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19696","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"ed10ef0d12f3a58f24bc977cfa223d6485de355532ed9d3002eba0932bab0b24","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-505.010","next":"us-ky/krs-505.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}