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Utah · Through 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 76-2-307: Voluntary termination of efforts prior to offense.

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  1. Title 76 Criminal Offenses
  2. Chapter 76-2 Principles of Criminal Responsibility
  3. Part 76-2-3 Defenses to Criminal Responsibility

It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution in which an actor's criminal responsibility arises from the actor's own conduct or from being a party to an offense under Section 76-2-202 that prior to the commission of the offense, the actor voluntarily terminated the actor's effort to promote or facilitate its commission and either:

(1) gave timely warning to the proper law enforcement authorities or the intended victim; or

(2) wholly deprives the actor's prior efforts of effectiveness in the commission.

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