Utah legal term
Convicted in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Convicted” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Convicted” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Convicted" means: (1)(a)(i)(A) having entered a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, or a plea of guilty with a mental condition; or (1)(a)(i)(B) having received a judgment of guilty or a judgment of guilty with a mental condition. (Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-201)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Accident involving injury or death
- Aiding prostitution
- Arson
- Assault or threat of violence against a military service member or a family member of a military service member
- Causing a catastrophe
- Crimes for which probation, suspension of sentence, lower category of offense, or hospitalization may not be granted
- Criminal solicitation of a minor
- Deactivation of a pornography device filter on a minor's device
- Defacement by graffiti defined
- Deriving a benefit from a fringe gaming device
- Disorderly conduct
- Distribution of a pornographic film for exhibition
Related terms in the same statutes
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