Moore v. State

Bodily injury means “physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition.” V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 1.07(a)(7).

Serious bodily injury means bodily injury —pain, illness or impairment of physical condition of the body — “that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. Id., 1.07(a)(34).1

Dissecting its definition, we find that “serious bodily injury” is bodily injury plus one or more of the following effects:

1. a substantial risk of death;

2. death;

3. serious…