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2023 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Individual
Part 1 - Assault and Related Offenses
Section 103 - Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-5-103 (2023)
Effective 5/4/2022
76-5-103. Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
76-5-103. Aggravated assault -- Penalties.
- (1)
- (a) As used in this section, "targeting a law enforcement officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-202.
- (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
- (2) An actor commits aggravated assault if the actor:
- (a)
- (i) attempts, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to another;
- (ii) makes a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury to another; or
- (iii) commits 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) includes in the actor's conduct under Subsection (2)(a) the use of:
- (i) a dangerous weapon;
- (ii) any act that impedes the breathing or the circulation of blood of another individual 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 an individual; or
- (B) obstructing the nose, mouth, or airway of an individual; or
- (iii) other means or force likely to produce death or serious bodily injury.
- (a)
- (3)
- (a) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.
- (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a violation of Subsection (2) is a second degree felony if:
- (i) the act results in serious bodily injury; or
- (ii) an act under Subsection (2)(b)(ii) produces a loss of consciousness.
- (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a) or (b), a violation of Subsection (2) is a first degree felony if the conduct constitutes targeting a law enforcement officer and results in serious bodily injury.
Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
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