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2015 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 52 PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
21-5209 Defense of lack of mental state.

KS Stat § 21-5209 (2015) What's This?

21-5209. Defense of lack of mental state. It shall be a defense to a prosecution under any statute that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the culpable mental state required as an element of the crime charged. Mental disease or defect is not otherwise a defense.

History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 20; July 1, 2011.

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