2025 Utah Code
Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 13 - Pleas
Section 1 - Kinds of pleas.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 77-13-1 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
77-13-1. Kinds of pleas.
  • (1) There are five kinds of pleas to an indictment or information:
    • (a) not guilty;
    • (b) guilty;
    • (c) no contest;
    • (d) not guilty by reason of insanity; and
    • (e) guilty with a mental condition at the time of the offense.
  • (2) An alternative plea of not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity may be entered.


Amended by Chapter 184, 2023 General Session
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