AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Summary

The bill revises Kentucky’s criminal code so that intoxication can only be used as a defense if it eliminates an element of the crime, or if the intoxication was not voluntarily caused and seriously impairs the defendant’s ability to understand the wrongdoing or follow the law. It narrows the situations in which defendants can claim intoxication, affecting criminal prosecutions statewide.

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