OPINION KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined. The confession and avoidance doctrine applies to the necessity defense. 1 Therefore, a defendant must admit to the conduct — the act and the culpable mental state<footnotem…
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