5/4/2022Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session2022Homicide by assault -- Penalty. Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. An actor commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting to aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter: the actor causes the death of another individual; and 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. Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.