Motive and Intent are Different.
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@Kudzuu There's bound to be lots of discussion about motive on this thread, in soc media, MSM & elsewhere, but motive is not an element of what a prosecutor must prove in court for murder convictions. In trials, the jurors are usually curious about motive, so prosecutors often present evidence of a def't's motives, but KY. statute does not require it.
Motive, or the REASON the defendant commits a criminal act, can help explain a defendant’s actions or culpable mental state, but motive alone cannot act as a substitute for INTENT to cause the death.
A KY prosecutor's case must include evidence showing the elements of the MURDER offense as defined by KY. statute, which reads in part:
" 1) A person is guilty of murder when:
"(a) With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person..." *
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* For the sake of distinguishing "intent" to cause death as an element of murder, above I omitted some of that section, which may or may not be applicable to this case later.
KY. Murder statute
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19717