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Tex. Penal Code § 7.03

DEFENSES EXCLUDED

Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Standefer v. United States (1980)

Most recently applied in Stephen Jonathon Vogt v. State (December 2013)

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

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In a prosecution in which an actor's criminal responsibility is based on the conduct of another, the actor may be convicted on proof of commission of the offense and that he was a party to its commission, and it is no defense:

(1) that the actor belongs to a class of persons that by definition of the offense is legally incapable of committing the offense in an individual capacity; or

(2) that the person for whose conduct the actor is criminally responsible has been acquitted, has not been prosecuted or convicted, has been convicted of a different offense or of a different type or class of offense, or is immune from prosecution.

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