Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 431.170 (2026)

Repealed, effective January 1, 1975

✓ current as of May 2026

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Catchline at repeal: Accessory after the fact -- How punishable. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 336, effective January 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1129.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1954–1967 · leading case: Maddox v. Commonwealth, 349 S.W.2d 686 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960).

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Maddox v. Commonwealth, 349 S.W.2d 686 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). · cites it 2× “, guilty under KRS 431.170 as an accessory after the fact to the murder of Woodrow Smith and fixing his punishment at one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.”

Cissell v. Commonwealth, 419 S.W.2d 555 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “2d 686, 689 (1961); KRS 431.170. Bennie was not indicted as an accessory after the fact and, accordingly, there was no instruction under which he could have been so convicted.”

Watts v. Commonwealth, 272 S.W.2d 475 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “The statute applicable (we will later discuss whether any instruction on this point should have been given at all) was KRS 431.170 which reads in part: “An accessory after the fact, not otherwise punished, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and fined and imprisoned at the…”

Maddox v. Commonwealth, 349 S.W.2d 682 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “The culprit’s work was complete when he fired the fatal shot or shots.”

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