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ch 19 Texas Penal Code: Criminal Homicide Statutes


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The source provides excerpts from the Texas Penal Code, Chapter 19, which governs Criminal Homicide. This statute first defines criminal homicide as causing a death intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, and specifies that the types include murder, capital murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide. The text then meticulously outlines the definition of Murder, including what constitutes "adequate cause" and "sudden passion," and details various ways the offense can be committed, specifying that it is generally a first-degree felony unless committed under the influence of sudden passion, which reduces it to a second-degree felony. Furthermore, the statute itemizes numerous aggravating circumstances that elevate murder to Capital Murder, such as murdering a peace officer or multiple individuals, and clarifies Manslaughter as recklessly causing death and Criminally Negligent Homicide as causing death by criminal negligence. Finally, the chapter concludes with a section defining the limited Applicability to Certain Conduct, exempting certain actions related to the death of an unborn child, such as lawful medical procedures or conduct committed by the mother.

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