Texas Penal Code Exam
Terms in this set (285)
-To insure the public safety through:
(A) the deterrent influence of the penalties
hereinafter provided;
(B) the rehabilitation of those convicted of violations
of this code; and to guide and limit the exercise of
Objectives of Code official discretion in law enforcement to prevent arbitrary
or oppressive treatment of persons suspected, accused,
or convicted of offenses; and
(6) to define the scope of state interest in law
enforcement against specific offenses and to
systematize the exercise of state criminal jurisdiction.
Either the conduct or a result that is an element of the
Territorial Jurisdiction
offense occurs inside this state
A person attains a specified age on the day of the
Computation of Age
anniversary of his birth-date.
A bodily movement, whether voluntary or
Act
involuntary, and includes speech.
A person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a
Actor criminal action. Whenever the term "suspect" is used in
this code, it means "actor."
Includes authority, board, bureau, commission,
Agency committee, council, department, district, division, and
office.
Means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of
Bodily Injury
physical condition.
, Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or
that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or
Serious Bodily Injury
protracted loss or impairment of the function of any
bodily member or organ.
Means a threat, however communicated:
(A) to commit an offense;
(B) to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person
threatened or another;
(C) to accuse a person of any offense;
Coercion
(D) to expose a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule;
(E) to harm the credit or business repute of any person;
or
(F) to take or withhold action as a public servant, or
to cause a public servant to take or withhold action.
Means an act or omission and its accompanying mental
Conduct
state.
Means a place designated by law for the confinement of
a person arrested for, charged with, or
convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes:
(A) a municipal or county jail;
(B) a confinement facility operated by the Texas
Correctional Facility Department of Criminal Justice;
(C) a confinement facility operated under contract with
any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
and
(D) a community corrections facility operated by a
community supervision and corrections department.
A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or
adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious
Deadly Weapon bodily injury; or
(B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use
is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
Consent Means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.
, Includes consent by a person legally authorized to act
for the owner. Consent is not effective if:
(A) induced by force, threat, or fraud;
(B) given by a person the actor knows is not legally
Effective Consent authorized to act for the owner;
(C) given by a person who by reason of youth, mental
disease or defect, or intoxication is known by the actor
to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or
(D) given solely to detect the commission of an offense.
(A) The forbidden conduct;
(B) The required culpability;
Element of Offense
(C) Any required result; and
(D) The negation of any exception to the offense.
An offense so designated by law or punishable by death
Felony
or confinement in a penitentiary.
Anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or
Harm injury, including harm to another person in whose
welfare the person affected is interested.
A human being who is alive, including an unborn child at
Individual
every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.
An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine,
Misdemeanor by confinement in jail, or by both fine and confinement
in jail.
Possession Means actual care, custody, control, or management.
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of
the public has access and includes, but is not limited to,
Public Place streets, highways, and the common areas of schools,
hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport
facilities, and shops.
