re: #132 KGxvi

Murder, typically, requires premeditation. Manslaughter requires “heat of passion”. I’m not sure what Texas law is on premeditation, but from the facts we’ve heard thus far, manslaughter (a) seems like the correct charge; and (b) would be easier to prove.

That said, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a criminal law attorney. My practice always stuck to the civil side.

Chapter 19 of the Texas Penal Code
To all suggesting it, thee does not appear to be such a thing as ‘Second Degree Murder” in Texas. There’s Murder, Capital Murder, Manslaughter, and Criminally Negligent Homicide