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