505.020 Prosecution for multiple offenses.
(1) When a single course of conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of
more than one (1) offense, he may be prosecuted for each such offense. He may not, <br>however, be convicted of more than one (1) offense when: <br>(a) One offense is included in the other, as defined in subsection (2); or <br>(b) Inconsistent findings of fact are required to establish the commission of the
offenses; or
(c) The offense is designed to prohibit a continuing course of conduct and the
defendant's course of conduct was uninterrupted by legal process, unless the <br>law expressly provides that specific periods of such conduct constitute <br>separate offenses.
(2) A defendant may be convicted of an offense that is included in any offense with
which he is formally charged. An offense is so included when: <br>(a) It is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to
establish the commission of the offense charged; or
(b) It consists of an attempt to commit the offense charged or to commit an
offense otherwise included therein; or
(c) It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a lesser kind of
culpability suffices to establish its commission; or
(d) It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury
or risk of injury to the same person, property or public interest suffices to <br>establish its commission.
Effective: January 1, 1975 <br>History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 44, effective January 1, 1975.
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