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S.B. 119 Enrolled
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill provides additional procedures to facilitate determination of whether the state
has jurisdiction over an offense.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
. clarifies procedures for challenging the state's jurisdiction to prosecute an offense;
. specifies burdens of proof and the level of proof required to demonstrate the state
does or does not have jurisdiction; and
. clarifies additional facts that, if proven, would deprive the state of jurisdiction,
including diplomatic immunity and occurrence of the offense on federal land.
Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
76-1-201, as last amended by Chapter 54, Laws of Utah 1996
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-1-201 is amended to read:
76-1-201. Jurisdiction of offenses.
(1) A person is subject to prosecution in this state for an offense which he commits,
while either within or outside the state, by his own conduct or that of another for which he is
legally accountable, if:
(a) the offense is committed either wholly or partly within the state;
(b) the conduct outside the state constitutes an attempt to commit an offense within the
state;
(c) the conduct outside the state constitutes a conspiracy to commit an offense within the
state and an act in furtherance of the conspiracy occurs in the state; or
(d) the conduct within the state constitutes an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to
commit in another jurisdiction an offense under the laws of both this state and [
jurisdiction.
(2) An offense is committed partly within this state if either the conduct which is any
element of the offense, or the result which is [
(3) In homicide offenses, the "result" is either the physical contact which causes death or
the death itself.
(a) If the body of a homicide victim is found within the state, the death shall be presumed
to have occurred within the state.
(b) If jurisdiction is based on [
jurisdiction unless the defendant proves by clear and convincing evidence that:
(i) the result of the homicide did not occur in this state; and
(ii) the defendant did not engage in any conduct in this state which is any element of the
offense.
(4) An offense which is based on an omission to perform a duty imposed by the law of
this state is committed within the state regardless of the location of the offender at the time of the
omission.
(5) (a) If no jurisdictional issue is raised, the pleadings are sufficient to establish
jurisdiction.
(b) The defendant may challenge jurisdiction by filing a motion before trial stating which
facts exist that deprive the state of jurisdiction.
(c) The burden is upon the state to initially establish jurisdiction over the offense by a
preponderance of the evidence by showing under the provisions of Subsections (1) through (4)
that the offense was committed either wholly or partly within the borders of the state.
(d) If after the prosecution has met its burden of proof under Subsection (5)(c) the
defendant claims that the state is deprived of jurisdiction or may not exercise jurisdiction, the
burden is upon the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence:
(i) any facts claimed; and
(ii) why those facts deprive the state of jurisdiction.
(6) Facts that deprive the state of jurisdiction or prohibit the state from exercising
jurisdiction include the fact that the:
(a) defendant is serving in a position that is entitled to diplomatic immunity from
prosecution and that the defendant's country has not waived that diplomatic immunity;
(b) defendant is a member of the armed forces of another country and that the crime that
he is alleged to have committed is one that due to an international agreement, such as a status of
forces agreement between his country and the United States, cedes the exercise of jurisdiction
over him for that offense to his country;
(c) defendant is an enrolled member of an Indian tribe, as defined in Section 9-9-101 , and
that the Indian tribe has a legal status with the United States or the state that vests jurisdiction in
either tribal or federal courts for certain offenses committed within the exterior boundaries of a
tribal reservation, and that the facts establish that the crime is one that vests jurisdiction in tribal
or federal court; or
(d) offense occurred on land that is exclusively within federal jurisdiction.
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