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Utah Criminal Code | |
Offenses Against the Administration of Government | |
Section 316 | Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole. |
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76-8-316. Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a judge or member of the
Board of Pardons and Parole. (1) A person is guilty of a third degree felony if the person threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or member of the board while engaged in the performance of the judge's or member's official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or member on account of the performance of those official duties. (2) A person is guilty of a second degree felony if the person commits an assault on a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole with the intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or member of the board while engaged in the performance of the judge's or member's official duties, or with the intent to retaliate against the judge or member on account of the performance of those official duties. (3) A person is guilty of a first degree felony if the person commits aggravated assault or attempted murder on a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole with the purpose to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the judge or member of the board while engaged in the performance of the judge's or member's official duties or with the purpose to retaliate against the judge or member on account of the performance of those official duties. (4) As used in this section: (a) "Immediate family" means parents, spouse, surviving spouse, children, and siblings of the officer. (b) "Judge" means judges of all courts of record and courts not of record and court commissioners. (c) "Judge or member" includes the members of the judge's or member's immediate family. (d) "Member of the Board of Pardons and Parole" means appointed members of the board. (5) A member of the Board of Pardons and Parole is an executive officer for purposes of Subsection 76-5-202(1)(m).
Amended by Chapter 12, 2008 General Session |
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