Sam and Janet are married. Their marriage has not been a happy one. Late one Saturday night, while both are intoxicated, an argument breaks out. During the argument Janet grabs a butcher knife from the kitchen and stabs Sam in the stomach
Sam collapses to the floor dead. Janet says, "I'm so sorry, Sam. I only meant to scare you, not kill you." Under Texas law, Janet has committed:
A) murder because she intended to cause serious bodily injury and death resulted.
B) capital murder because she has killed her spouse.
C) criminally negligent homicide because she ought not to have stabbed Sam.
D) manslaughter because she was reckless in the manner in which she used the knife.
A
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