76-5-209. Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
(1) A person commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting to
aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter, a person causes the death of another while
intentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to
another.
(2) Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session
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