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Penal Code §39

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• WW-0982 (Jan 12, 1961): Whether a defendant, in operating a motor vehicle upon a public high- way and struck and killed a child, and did not stop but fled from the scene of the accident, should be indicted under the provisions of Article 1150 of the Penal Code or under Sections 38 or 40 of Article 670~1, V.C.S. Your request for an opinion reads as follows: "A defendant, in a case now pending before the 104th Judicial District Grand Jury, is accused of operating his auto- mobile on a public highway, and colliding with, and killing a child. After the accident the defendant did not stop his motor vehicle, but fled from

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