Section 1504 - Bus hijacking -- Assault with intent to commit hijacking -- Use of a dangerous weapon -- Penalties.

UT Code § 76-10-1504 (2019) (N/A)

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(1) (a) A person is guilty of bus hijacking if the person seizes or exercises control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of a bus within the state. (b) Bus hijacking is a first degree felony.

(a) A person is guilty of bus hijacking if the person seizes or exercises control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of a bus within the state.

(b) Bus hijacking is a first degree felony.

(2) (a) A person is guilty of assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking if the person intimidates, threatens, or commits assault or battery toward a driver, attendant, guard, or any other person in control of a bus so as to interfere with the performance of duties by the person. (b) Assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking is a second degree felony.

(a) A person is guilty of assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking if the person intimidates, threatens, or commits assault or battery toward a driver, attendant, guard, or any other person in control of a bus so as to interfere with the performance of duties by the person.

(b) Assault with the intent to commit bus hijacking is a second degree felony.

(3) A person who, in the commission of assault with intent to commit bus hijacking, uses a dangerous weapon, as defined in Section 76-1-601, is guilty of a first degree felony.

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