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Tex. Penal Code § 19.01 — Types of criminal homicide

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

Part of Chapter 19: CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 19.01

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. Penal Code § 19.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual. (b) Criminal homicide is murder, capital murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide.

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