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Tex. Penal Code § 19.01

TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE

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Tex. Penal Code § 19.01, TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/563143
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(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.