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2020 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 3 - Punishments
Part 4 - Limitations and Special Provisions on Sentences
Section 406 - Crimes for which probation, suspension of sentence, lower category of offense, or hospitalization may not be granted.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 76-3-406 (2020)
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Effective 5/12/2020
76-3-406. Crimes for which probation, suspension of sentence, lower category of offense, or hospitalization may not be granted.
  • (1) Notwithstanding Sections 76-3-201 and 77-18-1 and Title 77, Chapter 16a, Commitment and Treatment of Persons with a Mental Illness, except as provided in Section 76-5-406.5, probation may not be granted, the execution or imposition of sentence may not be suspended, the court may not enter a judgment for a lower category of offense, and hospitalization may not be ordered, the effect of which would in any way shorten the prison sentence for an individual who commits a capital felony or a first degree felony involving:
    • (a) Section 76-5-202, aggravated murder;
    • (b) Section 76-5-203, murder;
    • (c) Section 76-5-301.1, child kidnaping;
    • (d) Section 76-5-302, aggravated kidnaping;
    • (e) Section 76-5-402, rape, if the individual is sentenced under Subsection 76-5-402(3)(b), (3)(c), or (4);
    • (f) Section 76-5-402.1, rape of a child;
    • (g) Section 76-5-402.2, object rape, if the individual is sentenced under Subsection 76-5-402.2(1)(b), (1)(c), or (2);
    • (h) Section 76-5-402.3, object rape of a child;
    • (i) Section 76-5-403, forcible sodomy, if the individual is sentenced under Subsection 76-5-403(3)(b), (3)(c), or (4);
    • (j) Section 76-5-403.1, sodomy on a child;
    • (k) Section 76-5-404, forcible sexual abuse, if the individual is sentenced under Subsection 76-5-404(2)(b) or (3);
    • (l) Subsections 76-5-404.1(4) and (5), aggravated sexual abuse of a child;
    • (m) Section 76-5-405, aggravated sexual assault; or
    • (n) any attempt to commit a felony listed in Subsection (1)(f), (h), or (j).
  • (2) Except for an offense before the district court in accordance with Section 78A-6-703.2 or 78A-6-703.5, the provisions of this section do not apply if the sentencing court finds that the defendant:
    • (a) was under 18 years old at the time of the offense; and
    • (b) could have been adjudicated in the juvenile court but for the delayed reporting or delayed filing of the information.


Amended by Chapter 214, 2020 General Session
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