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H.B. 70

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ASSAULT AMENDMENTS

             2     
2003 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Mike Thompson

             5      This act modifies the Criminal Code by clarifying that the elements of the offense of
             6      assault may include an unlawful or violent act that creates a substantial risk of bodily
             7      injury or an act that does cause bodily injury.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          76-5-102, as last amended by Chapter 170, Laws of Utah 2000
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 76-5-102 is amended to read:
             13           76-5-102. Assault.
             14          (1) Assault is:
             15          (a) an attempt, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to another;
             16          (b) a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury
             17      to another; [or]
             18          (c) an act, committed with unlawful force or violence, that [causes or] creates a
             19      substantial risk of bodily injury to another[.]; or
             20          (d) an act, committed with unlawful force or violence, that causes bodily injury to
             21      another.
             22          (2) Assault is a class B misdemeanor.
             23          (3) Assault is a class A misdemeanor if:
             24          (a) the person causes substantial bodily injury to another; or
             25          (b) the victim is pregnant and the person has knowledge of the pregnancy.
             26          (4) It is not a defense against assault, that the accused caused serious bodily injury to
             27      another.







Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-18-02 7:04 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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