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2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 501 - General principles of liability
501.090 Liability -- Duress.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 501.090 (2019)
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501.090 Liability -- Duress. (1) (2) In any prosecution for an offense other than an intentional homicide, it is a defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was coerced to do so by the use of, or a threat of the use of, unlawful physical force against him or another person which a person in his situation could not reasonably be expected to resist. The defense provided by subsection (1) is unavailable if the defendant intentionally or wantonly placed himself in a situation in which it was probable that he would be subjected to coercion. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 19, effective January 1, 1975.
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