216.302 Causing a suicide -- Assisting in a suicide.

KY Rev Stat § 216.302 (2019) (N/A)
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216.302 Causing a suicide -- Assisting in a suicide. (1) A person commits a Class C felony when the person knowingly by force or duress causes another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide. (2) A person commits a Class D felony when the person, with the purpose of assisting another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide, knowingly and intentionally either: (a) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or (b) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994.