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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.15 — Must allege acts of recklessness or criminal negligence

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 21: INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.15

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.15Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Whenever recklessness or criminal negligence enters into or is a part or element of any offense, or it is charged that the accused acted recklessly or with criminal negligence in the commission of an offense, the complaint, information, or indictment in order to be sufficient in any such case must allege, with reasonable certainty, the act or acts relied upon to constitute recklessness or criminal negligence, and in no event shall it be sufficient to allege merely that the accused, in committing the offense, acted recklessly or with criminal negligence.

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