Section 76-5-209 - Homicide by assault - Penalty(1) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.(2) An actor commits homicide by assault if, under circumstances not amounting to aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter: (a) the actor causes the death of another individual; and(b) the actor causes the other individual's death while intentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do bodily injury to the other individual.(3) Homicide by assault is a third degree felony.Amended by Chapter 181, 2022 General Session ,§ 60, eff. 5/4/2022.Enacted by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session