Texas · Texas Penal Code
Tex. Penal Code § 19.02: MURDER
What this law says, in plain English
Murder occurs when a person intentionally or knowingly causes death, intends serious bodily injury causing death, commits a dangerous act during a felony, or delivers certain controlled substances that cause death. It is a first-degree felony, reduced to second-degree if sudden passion from adequate cause is proven.
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