Texas Penal Code 1 (Latest 2023 - 2024)
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- Culpable Mental States
Answer: Intentional, Knowing, Reckless, Criminal Negligence
- Restrain
Answer: To restrict a person's movement WITHOUT CONSENT,
so as to interfere substantially with the persons liberty.f accomplished by force, intimidation or deception.
- Abduct
Answer:
-Secreting or holding a person in a place where it is not likely to be found.-Using or threatening to use deadly force.
- Act
Answer: means bodily movement, whether voluntary or
unvoluntary and includes speech.
- Actor
Answer: a person who is criminally responsibility is in issue in a
criminal action. When the term "suspect" is used in this code, it means actor.
- Benefit
Answer: means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or
advantage, including any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested.
- Bodily Injury
Answer: Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical
condition.
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- Coercion
Answer: the practice of persuading someone to do something by
using force or threats
- Conduct
Answer: means an act or omission and its accompanying mental
state.
- Consent
Answer: permission to do something
- Element of Offense
Answer: The forbidden conduct The required culpability
Any required result The negation of any exception to the offense
- Deadly Weapon
Answer: A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or
adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or (B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
- Possession
Answer: means actual care, custody, control, or management.
- Serious Bodily Injury
Answer: Bodily injury 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.
- Notwithstanding
Answer: despite
- Consanguinity
Answer: blood relationship
- The commission of 2 or more offenses, regardless of whether
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or item. Common scheme/Similar offenses.
Answer: Criminal Episode
- Affinity
Answer: A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
- Homosexual Conduct was found unconstitutional because of
what case?
Answer: Lawrence V. Texas
- Intentionally
Answer: deliberately, on purpose
- Knowingly
Answer: the mental state of awareness in conduct crimes and, in
result crimes, awareness that it's "practically certain" that the conduct will cause the bad result
- Recklessly
Answer: careless; without caution
- Negligence
Answer: failure to take proper care in doing something
- Affirmative Defense
Answer: A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the
plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.51% preponderance of the evidence. Usually, civil.
- Unlawful Restraint
Answer: INTENTIONALLY or KNOWINGLY: -Restrains another person
CLASS A
SJF- If the child is younger than 17 F3- If the child is exposed to a substantial risk of SBI
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- What is an affirmative defense to unlawful restraint?
Answer:
1) the person re- strained is 14 or older and younger than 17 years of age 2) the actor was a relative 3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the child.
- Kidnapping
Answer: INTENTIONALLY or KNOWINGLY: -Abducts another person.
THIRD-DEGREE FELONY
- What is an affirmative offense to kidnapping?
Answer:
1) abduction not coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force 2) actor was relative of the person abducted 3) actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the victim.
- Aggravated Kidnapping
Answer: INTENTIONALLY or KNOWINGLY Abduct another
with intent to:
- Hold him for ransom/reward
- Use him as a shield/hostage
- Facilitate the commission of a felony OR the flight after the attempt
- Inflict bodily injury on him or violate or abuse him sexually-
- Interfere with the performance of any governmental or political
or commission of a felony
Terrorize him or third person
function
FIRST-DEGREE FELONY
30. True or False: When an actor uses or exhibits a deadly weapon
during the commission of a kidnapping it becomes an aggravated kidnapping.
Answer: TRUE.
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