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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Thomas v. State.

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1 Thomas v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 1985
green “evidence that a defendant knows a gun is loaded, that he is familiar with guns and their potential for injury, and that he points a gun at another, indicates a person who is aware of a risk created by that conduct and disregards the risk.” 8
2 Mathis v. State
texcrimapp · 2002
green “the evidence must establish the lesser-included offense as a valid rational alternative to the charged offense.” 3

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