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.
K.S.A. 21-5209
Defense of lack of mental state
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 140 S. Ct. 1021 - Kahler v. Kansas (2020)
Most recently applied in 140 S. Ct. 1021 - Kahler v. Kansas (March 2020)
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 20; July 1, 2011.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.