Texas Penal Code
§ 19.01 — TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
PE § 19.01Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.