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Tex. Penal Code § 19.01 (2026)

Types Of Criminal Homicide

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Sec. 19.01. TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. (a) A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual.

(b) Criminal homicide is murder, capital murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 42 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Grotti v. State, 273 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008).

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Grotti v. State, 273 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “001(a); Tex Penal Code § 19.01. The state further asserts that death is not a technical term, and “even if considered technical, it should be given its ordinary meaning if not legislatively defined in the penal code.”

Milner, Ex Parte Kenneth Glenn, 394 S.W.3d 502 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “01(a) (“A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual''); Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(b) ("Criminal homicide is murder,_”).”

Forest v. State, 989 S.W.2d 365 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “The defendant in Harrell was charged with intentional and knowing murder under then Texas Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) (now § 19.”

Martinez v. State, 833 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Ashworth, Justice, Court of Appeals, Second District of Texas at Fort Worth, Retired, sitting by assignment. [2] The Honorable Preston H.”

Grotti v. State, 209 S.W.3d 747 (Tex. App. 2006). “Tex. Penal Code ANN. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 2003).”

Reeves v. State, 969 S.W.2d 471 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 1994).”

Davis v. State, 840 S.W.2d 480 (Tex. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “A jury `assessed punishment at fifty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We will affirm.”

Pesina v. State, 949 S.W.2d 374 (Tex. App. 1997). “Laws, 1123 (amended 1993) (current version Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) (Vernon 1994)).”

Ashby v. State, 527 S.W.3d 356 (Tex. App. 2017). “The presence of TFMPP in Ashby’s blood has a tendency to make it more probable that Ashby did not have the normal use of his mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of a controlled substance, or some combination of substances, into his body.”

Griffith v. State, 315 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. App. 2010). “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.01 (b) (Vernon 2003) (manslaughter constitutes homicide).”

Kimbrough v. State, 959 S.W.2d 634 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 1994).”

State v. Blanco, 953 S.W.2d 799 (Tex. App. 1997). “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 19.01 & 22.02(a) (Vernon 1994), respectively.”

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— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(2)(A) — 1 case

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(B)(1) — 1 case

Guadalupe Navarro v. the State of Texas (2026).

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(a) — 8 cases

Grotti v. State, 273 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). “001(a); Tex Penal Code § 19.01. The state further asserts that death is not a technical term, and “even if considered technical, it should be given its ordinary meaning if not legislatively defined in the penal code.”

Milner, Ex Parte Kenneth Glenn, 394 S.W.3d 502 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). “01(a) (“A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual''); Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(b) ("Criminal homicide is murder,_”).”

Grotti v. State, 209 S.W.3d 747 (Tex. App. 2006). “Tex. Penal Code ANN. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 2003).”

Reeves v. State, 969 S.W.2d 471 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 1994).”

Kimbrough v. State, 959 S.W.2d 634 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.01(a) (Vernon 1994).”

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) — 3 cases

Forest v. State, 989 S.W.2d 365 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). “The defendant in Harrell was charged with intentional and knowing murder under then Texas Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) (now § 19.”

Pesina v. State, 949 S.W.2d 374 (Tex. App. 1997). “Laws, 1123 (amended 1993) (current version Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) (Vernon 1994)).”

Travis Blayne Hall v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2025).

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(a)(2) — 2 cases

Forest v. State, 989 S.W.2d 365 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). “The defendant in Harrell was charged with intentional and knowing murder under then Texas Penal Code § 19.01(a)(1) (now § 19.”

Daniel Keith Smith, Sr. v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(b) — 5 cases

Martinez v. State, 833 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. App. 1992). “Ashworth, Justice, Court of Appeals, Second District of Texas at Fort Worth, Retired, sitting by assignment. [2] The Honorable Preston H.”

Garfias, Christopher (Tex. Crim. App. 2011).

Joel Pellot v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2025).

Jessie Earl Griffith v. State of Texas (Tex. App. 2010).

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(b)(1) — 1 case

Peyton, Ex Parte Jeffrey (Tex. 2016).

— Tex. Penal Code § 19.01(b)(2) — 1 case

Remus Litoiu v. State (Tex. App. 2015).

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