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Tex. Penal Code § 6.04

CAUSATION: CONDUCT AND RESULTS

Applied in 151 court decisions — leading case McFarland v. State (1996)

Most recently applied in Saucedo, Andrew Melchor (June 2019)

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A person is criminally responsible if the result would not have occurred but for his conduct, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause, unless the concurrent cause was clearly sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the actor clearly insufficient.

(b) A person is nevertheless criminally responsible for causing a result if the only difference between what actually occurred and what he desired, contemplated, or risked is that:

(1) a different offense was committed; or

(2) a different person or property was injured, harmed, or otherwise affected.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.