Texas Penal Code

§ 9.05 — RECKLESS INJURY OF INNOCENT THIRD PERSON

PE § 9.05Title 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY · Ch. 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Even though an actor is justified under this chapter in threatening or using force or deadly force against another, if in doing so he also recklessly injures or kills an innocent third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent third person.

Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.