CRIMINAL DEFENSE LIBRARY
Articles examining homicide charges, criminal negligence, recklessness, intentional conduct, evidence analysis, causation, and related Texas criminal-defense issues.
Criminally Negligent Homicide requires more than proof of a tragic death. The State must prove criminal negligence and causation. The alleged risk, what the accused should have perceived, forensic evidence, medical evidence, and the difference between negligence and recklessness can all matter.
READ ARTICLETexas Manslaughter requires proof that the accused recklessly caused another person's death. The difference between recklessness, criminal negligence, and intentional conduct can determine both the offense and dramatically different punishment exposure.
READ ARTICLEWhen intoxication allegedly causes a death, a DWI investigation can become Intoxication Manslaughter. When the victim survives with serious bodily injury, the related charge may be Intoxication Assault. Chemical testing, crash reconstruction, causation, medical evidence, and the conduct of every driver can matter.
READ ARTICLETexas Murder law includes intentional or knowing killing, acts clearly dangerous to human life committed with intent to cause serious bodily injury, and felony murder. Self-defense, mental state, causation, forensic evidence, lesser offenses, and sudden passion can become critical issues.
READ ARTICLECapital Murder requires more than proof of Murder. Texas law requires an additional statutory circumstance, and an adult conviction can expose a defendant to life without parole or, when legally available and sought by the State, death. Taylor Defense Firm handles Capital Murder defense, and Rudy Taylor is death-penalty qualified.
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