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Tex. Penal Code § 29.01 (2026)

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Sec. 29.01. DEFINITIONS. 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.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 171 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Sorrells v. State, 343 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011).
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Sorrells v. State, 343 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Pen.Code § 29.01(1). 9 . See Tex. Pen.”
State v. Owens, 20 S.W.3d 634 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 5× “Codified Laws §§ 22-30-1 to -2 (Michie 1998); Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.01 to .02 (West 1994); Utah Code Ann.”
SWEED v. State, 351 S.W.3d 63 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “(citing TEX. PENAL CODE §§ 29.01(1), 29.02(a)(2), 29.”
Sweed v. State, 321 S.W.3d 42 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 6× “” Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.01 (1) (Vernon 2003).”
Edwards v. State, 497 S.W.3d 147 (Tex. App. 2016). “1980); see also Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.01 (“[i]n the course of committing theft” means conduct occurring in attempt to commit theft).”
Mann v. Scott, 41 F.3d 968 (5th Cir. 1994). · cites it 2× “See Texas Penal Code Ann. § 29.01(1) (West 1994).”
United States v. Latroy Burris, 896 F.3d 320 (5th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “1976); see also TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.01 (The injury must be “in an attempt to commit, during the commission, or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission of theft.”
Harper v. State, 930 S.W.2d 625 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.02-.03 (Vernon 1994).”
Quincy Jejuan Neelys v. State, 374 S.W.3d 553 (Tex. App. 2012). · cites it 3× “” Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.01 (West 2011).”
People v. Rodriguez, 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8367 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “) Texas Penal Code section 29.01 defined “in the course of committing theft” as “conduct that occurs in an attempt to commit, during the commission, or in the immediate flight after the attempt or commission of theft.”
Knott v. State, 513 S.W.3d 779 (Tex. App. 2017). “2011) (noting that the Legislature’s comments to the revised statute made it clear that violence used or threatened in the course of committing theft includes not only “violent conduct antecedent to a completed theft,” but conduct occurring during the defendant’s attempt to…”
Blount v. State, 851 S.W.2d 359 (Tex. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “" Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.01(1) (Vernon 1989).”
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— Tex. Penal Code § 29.01(1) — 70 cases
Sorrells v. State, 343 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). “See Tex. Pen.Code § 29.01(1). 9 . See Tex. Pen.”
SWEED v. State, 351 S.W.3d 63 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). “(citing TEX. PENAL CODE §§ 29.01(1), 29.02(a)(2), 29.”
Sweed v. State, 321 S.W.3d 42 (Tex. App. 2010). “” Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.01 (1) (Vernon 2003).”
Mann v. Scott, 41 F.3d 968 (5th Cir. 1994). “See Texas Penal Code Ann. § 29.01(1) (West 1994).”
Harper v. State, 930 S.W.2d 625 (Tex. App. 1996). “TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.02-.03 (Vernon 1994).”
— Tex. Penal Code § 29.01(a) — 2 cases
Emajin Trevon Jackson v. State (Tex. App. 2016).
Emajin Trevon Jackson v. State (Tex. App. 2016).
— Tex. Penal Code § 29.01(a)(1) — 2 cases
Reginald Tyrone Loville v. State (Tex. App. 2013).
Roy Earl Alexander v. State (Tex. App. 2011).
— Tex. Penal Code § 29.01(l) — 1 case
McNabb v. State, 640 S.W.2d 624 (Tex. App. 1982).
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