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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