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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 503 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF JUSTIFICATION
503.060 Improper use of physical force in self-protection.
Download pdfupon another person is not justifiable when:
(1) The defendant is resisting an arrest by a peace officer, recognized to be acting under color of official authority and using no more force than reasonably necessary to
effect the arrest, although the arrest is unlawful; or (2) The defendant, with the intention of causing death or serious physical injury to the other person, provokes the use of physical force by such other person; or (3) The defendant was the initial aggressor, except that his use of physical force upon the other person under this circumstance is justifiable when:
(a) His initial physical force was nondeadly and the force returned by the other is such that he believes himself to be in imminent danger of death or serious
physical injury; or (b) He withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his intent to do so and the latter nevertheless continues or threatens the
use of unlawful physical force. Effective: January 1, 1975
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 31, effective January 1, 1975.
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