http://roselawtx.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/manslaughter-and-criminally-negligent-homicide-in-texas/
Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide in Texas
Manslaughter in Texas is codified under Texas Penal Code Chapter 19.04(a) and is committed when someone “recklessly causes the death of an individual.” Manslaughter is a 2nd Degree Felony (2 to 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections). The legal definition for reckless is defined by Tex.Pen.C. 6.03(c). That provision states, “ A person acts recklessly, or is reckless, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he is aware of but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor’s standpoint.” ..
ok
right
like getting in a fist fight and the person dies
it’s a real gray area
getting in a car accident while impaired because of underage drinking doesn’t get there
give it up, it is a legal analysis and you don’t get the distinction.