Part 1 Culpability Generally 76-2-101 – 76-2-106
Part 2 Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another 76-2-201 – 76-2-205
Part 3 Defenses to Criminal Responsibility 76-2-301 – 76-2-309
Part 4 Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility 76-2-401 – 76-2-409
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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 2 - Principles of Criminal Responsibility

  • Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Agent: means any director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation or association. See Utah Code 76-2-201
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Board of review: means the Private Activity Bond Review Board created in Section 35A-8-2103. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
  • Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Bond: means any obligation for which an allocation of volume cap is required by the code. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any related Internal Revenue Service regulations. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
  • Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means all organizations required by the laws of this state or any other state to obtain a certificate of authority, a certificate of incorporation, or other form of registration to transact business as a corporation within this state or any other state and shall include domestic, foreign, profit and nonprofit corporations, but shall not include a corporation sole, as such term is used in Title 16, Chapter 7, Corporations Sole. See Utah Code 76-2-201
  • Dangerous weapon: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
  • Division: means the Housing and Community Development Division. See Utah Code 35A-8-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 35A-1-201. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Omission: means a failure to act when there is a legal duty to act and the actor is capable of acting. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public servant: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State: means the state of Utah and any of its agencies, institutions, and divisions authorized to issue bonds or certificates under state law. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Volume cap: means the private activity bond volume cap for the state as computed under Section 146 of the code. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102
  • written: includes any handwriting, typewriting, printing, electronic storage or transmission, or any other method of recording information or fixing information in a form capable of being preserved. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
  • Year: means each calendar year. See Utah Code 35A-8-2102