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Tex. Penal Code § 7.01 — Parties to offenses

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

Part of Chapter 7: CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 7.01

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 § 7.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his own conduct, by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or by both. (b) Each party to an offense may be charged with commission of the offense. (c) All traditional distinctions between accomplices and principals are abolished by this section, and each party to an offense may be charged and convicted without alleging that he acted as a principal or accomplice.

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