Koah v. State

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• holding penal code section 6.02 applies to article 581-29(A) and (C) and that article 581-29 neither prescribes nor plainly dispenses with culpable mental state
• indicating that a definition given by a trial court was proper, although it was not taken from a statute, because the definition was “substantially the same as the meaning given the term when construed by other Courts”
• indicating that a definition given by a trial court was proper, although it was not taken from a statute, because the definition was ―substantially the same as the meaning given the term when construed by other Courts‖
• because Article 581-29 expresses no culpable mental state, Section 6.02 of the Texas Penal Code applies

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