Title 76  Chapter 5  Part 2  Section 209

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IndexUtah Code
Title 76Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5Offenses Against the Individual
Part 2Criminal Homicide
Section 209Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
(Effective 5/4/2022)

Effective 5/4/2022
76-5-209.  Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
(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.


Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session
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