GroundRules
Utah Code § 76-5-209: Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 76 Criminal Offenses
- Chapter 76-5 Offenses Against the Individual
- Part 76-5-2 Criminal Homicide
(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.
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