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2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 504 - Responsibility
504.130 Grounds for finding defendant guilty but mentally ill.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 504.130 (2019)
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504.130 Grounds for finding defendant guilty but mentally ill. (1) (2) The defendant may be found guilty but mentally ill if: (a) The prosecution proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of an offense; and (b) The defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he was mentally ill at the time of the offense. If the defendant waives his right to trial, the court may accept a plea of guilty but mentally ill if it finds that the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the offense. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982.
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