Tex. Penal Code Section 6.04
Causation: Conduct and Results

(a)

A person is criminally responsible if the result would not have occurred but for his conduct, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause, unless the concurrent cause was clearly sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the actor clearly insufficient.

(b)

A person is nevertheless criminally responsible for causing a result if the only difference between what actually occurred and what he desired, contemplated, or risked is that:

(1)

a different offense was committed; or

(2)

a different person or property was injured, harmed, or otherwise affected.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Source: Section 6.04 — Causation: Conduct and Results, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.­6.­htm#6.­04 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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