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Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 1 - Assault and Related Offenses
Section 103 - Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
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UT Code § 76-5-103 (2020)
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Effective 5/9/2017
76-5-103. Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
Amended by Chapter 388, 2017 General Session
Amended by Chapter 454, 2017 General Session
76-5-103. Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
- (1) Aggravated assault is an actor's conduct:
- (a) that is:
- (i) an attempt, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to another;
- (ii) a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury to another; or
- (iii) an act, committed with unlawful force or violence, that causes bodily injury to another or creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another; and
- (b) that includes the use of:
- (i) a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 76-1-601;
- (ii) any act that impedes the breathing or the circulation of blood of another person by the actor's use of unlawful force or violence that is likely to produce a loss of consciousness by:
- (A) applying pressure to the neck or throat of a person; or
- (B) obstructing the nose, mouth, or airway of a person; or
- (iii) other means or force likely to produce death or serious bodily injury.
- (a) that is:
- (2)
- (a) Any act under this section is punishable as a third degree felony, except that an act under this section is punishable as a second degree felony if:
- (i) the act results in serious bodily injury; or
- (ii) an act under Subsection (1)(b)(ii) produces a loss of consciousness.
- (b) Aggravated assault that is a violation of Section 76-5-210, Targeting a law enforcement officer, and results in serious bodily injury is a first degree felony.
- (a) Any act under this section is punishable as a third degree felony, except that an act under this section is punishable as a second degree felony if:
Amended by Chapter 388, 2017 General Session
Amended by Chapter 454, 2017 General Session
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