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Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 2 - Principles of Criminal Responsibility
Part 1 - Culpability Generally
Section 101 - Requirements of criminal conduct and criminal responsibility.
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UT Code § 76-2-101 (2019)
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76-2-101. Requirements of criminal conduct and criminal responsibility.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
- (1)
- (a) A person is not guilty of an offense unless the person's conduct is prohibited by law; and
- (b)
- (i) the person acts intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, with criminal negligence, or with a mental state otherwise specified in the statute defining the offense, as the definition of the offense requires; or
- (ii) the person's acts constitute an offense involving strict liability.
- (2) These standards of criminal responsibility do not apply to the violations set forth in Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code, unless specifically provided by law.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
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