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2022 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Individual
Part 2 - Criminal Homicide
Section 209 - Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
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UT Code § 76-5-209 (2022)
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Effective 5/4/2022
76-5-209. Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
76-5-209. Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
- (1) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
- (2) An actor commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting to aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter:
- (a) the actor causes the death of another individual; and
- (b) the actor causes the other individual's death while intentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to the other individual.
- (3) Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
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