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THOMPSON v. STATE

No. PD-0044-06.

236 S.W.3d 787 (2007)

Joshua THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence W. Kirk, Austin, for Appellant.

Carl Bryan Case, Jr., Asst. D.A., Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin for State.

KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

In this case we consider the scope of one of the more difficult penal code provisions, which deals with one variant of the law of "transferred intent" in Texas. Texas Penal Code § 6.04(b)(1) provides:

A person is nevertheless criminally responsible for causing a result if the only difference...

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