76-5-209 - Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
76-5-209. Homicide by assault -- Penalty.
(1) A person commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting toaggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter, a person causes the death of another whileintentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury toanother.
(2) Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session