Negligent Assault Complaint With A Deadly Weapon In Utah
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"Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or creates a substantial risk of death.
Additional rights -- Children. Children have the right to protection from physical and emotional abuse during their involvement with the criminal justice process.
See Utah Code § 76-5-406(12)(b). “Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. See Utah Code § 76-1-601.
Assault charges in Utah range from misdemeanors, with penalties including jail time up to one year and fines up to $2,500, to felonies with more severe penalties such as up to 15 years in prison and fines up to $10,000.
First-degree felony: Minimum five years to life imprisonment, and/or up to $10,000 in fines. Capital offense: Minimum sentence of 25 years imprisonment, life sentence without possibility of parole, or the death penalty.
Under Utah's criminal code 76-5-103, one person is found guilty of committing aggravated assault if he/she uses a dangerous weapon or any other means of force which will produce death or serious bodily injury.
(1)Aggravated assault is an assault (as defined above) or a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury to another that includes the use of: a dangerous weapon, or other means or force likely to produce death or serious bodily injury.
The most serious form of assault is assault with a weapon. Depending on the nature of the weapon used and your relationship with the victim, you could face charges ranging from aggravated battery to attempted murder.
