DEFINITIONS
Applied in 61 court decisions — leading case White v. State (1979)
Most recently applied in United States v. Burris (June 2018)
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this chapter:
(1) "In the course of committing theft" means conduct that occurs in an attempt to commit, during the commission, or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission of theft.
(2) "Property" means:
(A) tangible or intangible personal property including anything severed from land; or
(B) a document, including money, that represents or embodies anything of value.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.