Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 21.15. Must Allege Acts Of Recklessness Or Criminal Negligence

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Art. 21.15. [408A] MUST ALLEGE ACTS OF RECKLESSNESS OR 
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.  Whenever recklessness or criminal negligence 
enters into or is a part or element of any offense, or it is charged 
that the accused acted recklessly or with criminal negligence in 
the commission of an offense, the complaint, information, or 
indictment in order to be sufficient in any such case must allege, 
with reasonable certainty, the act or acts relied upon to 
constitute recklessness or criminal negligence, and in no event 
shall it be sufficient to allege merely that the accused, in 
committing the offense, acted recklessly or with criminal 
negligence.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 968, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. 
Jan. 1, 1974.

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