Multiple Choice
Rocco is serving a 20-year sentence in the state prison.He decides to try to escape.He fashions a weapon from a scrap of metal and hides it in his boot.The next day while working on a lawn crew at the warden's home,Rocco makes a run for it.The correctional officer gives chase.Rudy,a passing citizen,notices the incident and joins the chase.Rudy tackles Rocco.In the ensuing scuffle Rocco pulls out the improvised weapon and stabs Rudy three times.A few seconds later the correctional officer subdues Rocco and returns him to custody.Rudy dies of the wounds.Under Texas law,the most serious offense Rocco has committed is:
A) capital murder.
B) murder.
C) manslaughter.
D) none of the above because he was acting in self-defense toward Rudy's conduct.
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