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76-6-203 . Aggravated burglary. (1) A person is guilty of aggravated burglary if in attempting, committing, or fleeing
from a burglary the actor or another participant in the crime:
(a) causes bodily
injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime;
(b) uses or threatens
the immediate use of a dangerous weapon against any person who is not a participant in the crime; or
(c) possesses
or attempts to use any explosive or dangerous weapon.
(2) Aggravated burglary is a first degree felony.
(3) As used in this section, "dangerous weapon" has the same definition as under Section76-1-601.
76-5-202. Aggravated murder. (1) Criminal homicide constitutes aggravated murder if the actor intentionally or knowingly
causes the death of another under any of the following circumstances:
(a) the homicide
was committed by a person who is confined in a jail or other correctional institution;
(b)
the homicide was committed incident to one act, scheme, course of conduct, or criminal episode during which two or more persons
were killed, or during which the actor attempted to kill one or more persons in addition to the victim who was killed;
(c) the actor knowingly created a great risk of death to a person other than the victim and the
actor;
(d) the homicide was committed incident to an act, scheme, course of conduct, or
criminal episode during which the actor committed or attempted to commit aggravated robbery, robbery, rape, rape of a child, object
rape, object rape of a child, forcible sodomy, sodomy upon a child, forcible sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, child abuse as defined
in Subsection 76-5-109(2)(a), or aggravated sexual assault, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated burglary, burglary, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, or child kidnapping;
(e) the homicide was committed incident to one act, scheme, course of conduct, or criminal episode
during which the actor committed the crime of abuse or desecration of a dead human body as defined
in Subsection 76-9-704 (2)(e);
(f) the homicide was committed for the purpose of
avoiding or preventing an arrest of the defendant or another by a peace officer acting under color of legal authority or for
the purpose of effecting the defendant's or another's escape from lawful custody;
(g)
the homicide was committed for pecuniary or other personal gain;
(h) the defendant committed,
or engaged or employed another person to commit the homicide pursuant to an agreement or contract for remuneration or the
promise of remuneration for commission of the homicide.
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