Texas's
felony murder rule, codified in
Texas Penal Code
The Texas Penal Code is the principal criminal code of the U.S. state of Texas. It was originally enacted in 1856 and underwent substantial revision in 1973, with the passage of the Revised Penal Code, in large part based on the American Law Insti ...
ยง 19.02(b)(3), states that a person commits murder if they "commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, they commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual."
The felony murder rule is sometimes confused with the
law of parties,
which states that a person can be criminally responsible for the actions of another by
aiding or abeting, or
conspires with the principal.
See also
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Law of Texas
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Capital punishment in Texas
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Texas judicial system
The structure of the judiciary of Texas is laid out in Article 5 of the Constitution of Texas and is further defined by statute, in particular the Texas Government Code and Texas Probate Code. The structure is complex, featuring many layers of cou ...
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Common purpose
References
1973 legislation
Texas statutes
Murder in Texas
U.S. state criminal law
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