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Title 77 Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 17 The Trial
Section 1 Doubt as to degree -- Conviction only on lowest.

77-17-1. Doubt as to degree -- Conviction only on lowest.
When it appears the defendant has committed a public offense and there is reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees he is guilty, he shall be convicted only of the lower degree.

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