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Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 2 - Criminal Homicide
Section 207.5 - Automobile homicide involving using a handheld wireless communication device while driving.
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UT Code § 76-5-207.5 (2017)
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76-5-207.5. Automobile homicide involving using a handheld wireless communication device while driving.
Amended by Chapter 193, 2012 General Session
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Criminally negligent" means criminal negligence as defined by Subsection 76-2-103(4).
- (b) "Handheld wireless communication device" has the same meaning as defined in Section 41-6a-1716.
- (c) "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle and includes any automobile, truck, van, motorcycle, train, engine, watercraft, or aircraft.
- (d) "Negligent" means simple negligence, the failure to exercise that degree of care that reasonable and prudent persons exercise under like or similar circumstances.
- (2) Criminal homicide is automobile homicide, a third degree felony, if the person operates a moving motor vehicle in a negligent manner:
- (a) while using a handheld wireless communication device in violation of Section 41-6a-1716; and
- (b) causing the death of another person.
- (3) Criminal homicide is automobile homicide, a second degree felony, if the person operates a moving motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner:
- (a) while using a handheld wireless communication device in violation of Section 41-6a-1716; and
- (b) causing the death of another person.
Amended by Chapter 193, 2012 General Session
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