Most criminal cases are resolved by:

An assault by choking someone is a Class A misdemeanor.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals must automatically review cases in which the dealth penalty was imposed.

For a crime to be prosecuted in Texas, the crime or at least an element of the crime must have been committed in Texas.

In Texas, under the homicide statutes, an unborn child is considered an individual.

The formal charging instrument in felony cases is called an information.

Billy and Beavis are out cruising one Saturday evening drinking beer.  Billy tells Beavis, who is driving the car, to pull into the nearest convenience store as he needs to get some more beer.  Beavis turns into the Stop ‘n Go store and parks the car.  He remains in the vehicle while Billy goes inside to buy some beer.  Once inside Billy grabs a quart of beer and goes to the counter to pay for it.  When he reaches the counter he notices the clerk is nowhere to be seen.  Billy decides to exit the store without paying for the beer even though he knows he will be committing misdemeanor theft.  As Billy is walking out the front door, the clerk appears and yells, “Stop! Thief!”  In a panic, Billy begins to run.  The clerk starts to chase Billy.  As the clerk runs after Billy, he trips over the door threshold and falls.  The clerk strikes his head on the concrete sidewalk.  He dies instantly.  As to the clerk’s death, the most serious offense, if any, Billy has committed is:

Mark and Justin, college roommates, decide to blow off some steam after midterms, and go to the local bar where most of the students at SFA congregate.  After drinking a couple beers each, Justin begins telling Mark that he thinks Mark’s girlfriend is cheating on him. Mark, becoming upset, tells Justin that his girlfriend is not a skank, and that Justin needs to shut the hell up. Justin insists that he is just trying to be a good friend, and that Mark is being naive and needs to open his eyes. The conversation goes down hill from there, to the point where both young men are screaming at each other. Becoming more and more upset, and desperate to have Justin shut up, Mark grabs a full bottle of vodka from behind the bar, and smashes it over Justin’s head.  Justin is violently knocked off of his bar still and falls to the floor, unconscious.  Justin suffered a concussion, had 4 teeth knocked out, had a cut on his face that required 15 stiches, and lost hearing in his left ear temporarily.  Mark will most likely be charged with

In some states, a person who is sentenced to the death penalty can choose their method of execution.

The punishment range for a  Class A misdemeanor is up to one year in the county jail, and a fine of up to $1,000.00.