MURDER

Murder under Texas Penal Code § 19.02 can be proved in any of four ways: the person (1) intentionally or knowingly caused the death of an individual; (2) intended to cause serious bodily injury and committed an act clearly dangerous to human life that caused a death; (3) committed or attempted a felony other than manslaughter and, in the course of and in furtherance of it or in immediate flight from it, committed an act clearly dangerous to human life that caused a death — the felony-murder rule; or (4) under a provision added in 2023, knowingly manufactured or delivered a Penalty Group 1-B substance (fentanyl and its derivatives) and an individual died as a result of injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or introducing any amount of it. Subsection (c) classifies murder as a first-degree felony except as provided by subsection (d), which concerns killings under the immediate influence of sudden passion.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 5,319 Texas bail settings for this charge (27 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $250,000 (middle half: $100,000 – $750,000). 0% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 469 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (2,949 records), the median was $420,000 and 1% got a personal bond.

Showing the 5 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.