§ 76-5-209. Homicide by assault -- Penalty.


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  • (1) A person commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting to aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter, a person causes the death of another while intentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to another.
    (2) Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.
Enacted by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session