AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AMENDMENTS
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard
This act modifies the Criminal Code regarding the aggravated
robbery offense of
"carjacking" to provide that the attempt to take or "carjack" a motor vehicle is also an
aggravated
robbery offense.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
76-6-302,
as last amended by Chapter 271, Laws of Utah 1994
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-6-302 is amended to read:
76-6-302. Aggravated robbery.
(1) A person commits aggravated robbery if in the course of committing robbery, he:
(a) uses or threatens to use a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 76-1-601;
(b) causes serious bodily injury upon
another; or
(c) takes or attempts to take an operable motor vehicle.
(2) Aggravated robbery is a first degree felony.
(3) For the purposes of this part, an act shall be considered to be "in the course of
committing a robbery" if it
occurs in an attempt to commit, during the commission of, or in the
immediate flight after the attempt or commission of
a robbery.
