We’re not talking about the charge of murder, because we know she was convicted of that. We are talking about in WHAT DEGREE! First degree? Second Degree? Third Degree?
“We’re not talking about the charge of murder, because we know she was convicted of that. We are talking about in WHAT DEGREE! First degree? Second Degree? Third Degree?”
Texas does not have first, second or third degree murder.
What people are telling you isn’t quite correct.
The charge is just murder. And you are found guilty or not guilty of that. However during the sentencing part of the trial, the defendant can make the argument that if they “caused the death under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause”, then it becomes a second degree felony.
So the charge is murder. The conviction is murder. But it could be made a second degree felony at sentencing.