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2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 519 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
.030 Compounding a crime.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 519.030 (2017)
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519.030 Compounding a crime. (1) (2) (3) A person is guilty of compounding a crime when: (a) He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that he will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime; or (b) He confers, offers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon another person upon agreement or understanding that such other person will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime. In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense that the benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense. Compounding a crime is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 165, effective January 1, 1975.
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