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H.B. 284 Murder Offense Amendments

Became lawWritten by Rep. A. Cory Maloy · carried in the Senate by Sen. Brady Brammer

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

This bill adds depraved indifference murder back into Utah's murder law. Under it, a death caused by reckless conduct showing extreme indifference to human life can be charged as murder even if the person did not intend to kill.

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Official description
  • amends the offense of murder when the actor acts in a depraved indifference to human life to clarify that the actor does not need to have a specific intent to kill a specific individual
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