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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 503 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF JUSTIFICATION
503.120 Justification -- General provisions.
Download pdfjustification under KRS 503.050 to 503.110 but the defendant is wanton or reckless
in believing the use of any force, or the degree of force used, to be necessary or in
acquiring or failing to acquire any knowledge or belief which is material to the
justifiability of his use of force, the justification afforded by those sections is
unavailable in a prosecution for an offense for which wantonness or recklessness, as
the case may be, suffices to establish culpability. (2) When the defendant is justified under KRS 503.050 to 503.110 in using force upon or toward the person of another, but he wantonly or recklessly injures or creates a
risk of injury to innocent persons, the justification afforded by those sections is
unavailable in a prosecution for an offense involving wantonness or recklessness
toward innocent persons. Effective: January 1, 1975
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 37, effective January 1, 1975.
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