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How about ex-Texas QB Adam Dunn
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You are hung up on something that is going to have nothing to do with this case. This case will be tried as a self-defense case, not an accident or lack of intent. Mostly because any lawyer knows that an accident or lack of intent are loser issues given these facts unless they somehow get 12 of you on their jury. Self Defense and lack of intent are mutually exclusive. Self Defense means I did it because it was immediately necessary to prevent myself from unlawful deadly force being used against me. You can’t accidentally defend yourself. You really have no idea what you are talking about legally and should consider sitting this out and reading some of what more knowledgeable people are telling you and absorbing the information.
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The words premeditation or premeditated do not appear in that statute. In fact they don't appear in the Texas Penal Code at all. That statute is talking about intent, which is an element of any crime in the Texas Penal Code. In states that have premeditation or malice aforethought as a part of their homicide laws, it is generally defined as forming the intent to kill in advance over a period of time that would allow reflection on the situation, but that varies from state to state. Here is a quick, general summary of Texas Homicide laws: Murder: A first degree felony punishable by 5 years to Life. Defined as intentionally or knowingly causing the death of a person. Alternate definition is intending to cause serious bodily injury to someone and causing their death by committing an act clearly dangerous to human life. This is basically so you can't shoot and kill someone and claim you were just trying to wing them and not kill them. Other alternate definition of murder is known as "felony murder" which is when someone is intending to commit some other felony and in doing so does an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of a person. Sudden Passion: This is a punishment issue. After someone is convicted of murder, in the punishment phase, if the Defendant proves by a preponderance of evidence that he was under the immediate influence of sudden passion resulting from an adequate cause, it lowers the range of punishment to 2 to 20 years. The common example given to illustrate this is a guy finding his wife in bed with another man and shooting the dude. Capital Murder: a capital felony punished by Death or Life without parole, or Life with parole eligibility after 40 years for 17 year olds. This is basically intentional Murder plus an aggravating factor such as killing a cop, or killing more than one person, or killing a kid, or killing someone while committing a robbery, etc. There are several other circumstances in Penal Code Section 19.03. But that isn't really relevant to this case as far as I know. Manslaughter: second degree felony, 2 to 20 years. Recklessly causing a death. Recklessness is when you are aware you are doing something that creates a substantial and unjustified risk and you do it anyway. Criminally Negligent Homicide: Causing a death by criminal negligence, which is when you should have known what you were doing created a substantial and unjustified risk. Self-Defense: This is a defense that the defendant has to raise at trial and the state has to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt to get a conviction. To simplify it as much as possible, it is when you intentionally or knowingly cause someone's death but you were justified in doing so because you REASONABLY felt it was immediately necessary to defend yourself from the other person's use or attempted use of deadly force against you. To boil it down further, the jury takes in all the facts and they decide whether what the person did was reasonable given the circumstances. You can only use deadly force (ie a gun or knife or deadly weapon) if you are faced with someone using deadly force against you. However, that doesn't mean you are automatically guilty if the other person wasn't armed. Usually the defendant will say the other person was capable of killing or seriously injuring them without a weapon, ie with fists. Or they will say they were under the impression the other person was armed for some reason (apparent danger.) It is ultimately up to the jury to decide whether it is REASONABLE. Personally, I wouldn't think it is reasonable to stab someone in the heart if they pushed you or you are in a fistfight with them, but it is ultimately up to the jury.
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Rodney’s offensive system is the same as it ever was. Roll the ball out there with no plan and hope someone gets hot and makes some plays.
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https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/3532257 They solved the problem. They just need to hire another baseball coach to help their baseball coach learn how to coach baseball.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Mantis Toboggan, MD replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I suspect the Venn diagram of Quinn apologists and Simms apologists is a circle. -
I have a hard time believing that someone with a Dodge Charger would cause an accident with reckless driving.
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Hang with me here as this may be shocking information. Many hairdressers are whores
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2025 Orange Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Penn State
Mantis Toboggan, MD replied to satyanash's topic in Football
I hear a “rythmic slapping” coming from the Penn state locker room -
2025 Orange Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Penn State
Mantis Toboggan, MD replied to satyanash's topic in Football
Whoever wins our game tomorrow will handle either of these jabronis -
Mike Evans is the greatest ever NFL player from aggy. Mike Evans is not the greatest ever NFL player from Galveston Ball High School.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Mantis Toboggan, MD replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Yeah, that didn’t happen.
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