{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-2-307","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-2-307","heading":"Voluntary termination of efforts prior to offense.","body":"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:\n(1) gave timely warning to the proper law enforcement authorities or the intended victim; or\n(2) wholly deprives the actor's prior efforts of effectiveness in the commission.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-2 Principles of Criminal Responsibility","Part 76-2-3 Defenses to Criminal Responsibility"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter2/76-2-S307.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"f76832a8c2649dfd7fb1564ce4061d7db2a48aa74de81d6cd064c3773be2b604","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-2-306","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-2-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}