Under the Texas Penal Code, a person who fails to act under particular circumstances commits a criminal offense only if:

A) an existing law required him to act under those circumstances.
B) the reasonable man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
C) his failure to act results in personal injury or death to another.
D) he could have acted without potential harm to himself.


A

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