Texas Penal Code Exam Questions And
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What class offense consists of at least a $4,000 fine, at least 1 year in jail, or both fine and jail.
Class A misdemeanor
What class offense consists of at least a $2,000 fine, at least 180 days in jail, or both fine and jail.
Class B misdemeanor
What class offense consists of at least a $500 fine.
Class C misdemeanor
What class offense consists of death, life without parole, or a life sentence.
Capital Felony
What offense consists of a life sentence, or 5-99 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a
$10,000 fine?
1st Degree Felony
What offense consists of 2-20 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000 fine?
2nd Degree Felony
What offense consists of 2-10 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000 fine?
3rd Degree Felony
What offense consists of 180 days-2 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000
fine?
State Jail Felony
Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
bodily injury
A place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of
a criminal offense.
correctional facility
A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or
serious bodily injury.
deadly weapon
Consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner.
effective consent
An offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary.
felony
, A human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization
until birth.
individual
An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or by both fine and
confinement in jail.
misdemeanor
Failure to act.
omission
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.
public place
A belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent person in the same circumstances as the
actor.
reasonable belief
The commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or
inflicted upon more than one person or item of property.
criminal episode
What are the 4 culpable mental states?
1)intentional
2)knowing
3)reckless
4)criminal negligence
When it is a person's conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.
intentionally
When a person is aware of the nature of his conduct or that the circumstances exist, and is aware that
his/her conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.
knowingly
When a person is aware but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the
circumstances exist or the result will occur.
recklessly
When a person ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist
or the result will occur.
criminally negligent
Each part to an offense of a crime may be charged with commission of the offense. T or F?
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What class offense consists of at least a $4,000 fine, at least 1 year in jail, or both fine and jail.
Class A misdemeanor
What class offense consists of at least a $2,000 fine, at least 180 days in jail, or both fine and jail.
Class B misdemeanor
What class offense consists of at least a $500 fine.
Class C misdemeanor
What class offense consists of death, life without parole, or a life sentence.
Capital Felony
What offense consists of a life sentence, or 5-99 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a
$10,000 fine?
1st Degree Felony
What offense consists of 2-20 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000 fine?
2nd Degree Felony
What offense consists of 2-10 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000 fine?
3rd Degree Felony
What offense consists of 180 days-2 years in confinement, or confinement and at least a $10,000
fine?
State Jail Felony
Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
bodily injury
A place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of
a criminal offense.
correctional facility
A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or
serious bodily injury.
deadly weapon
Consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner.
effective consent
An offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary.
felony
, A human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization
until birth.
individual
An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or by both fine and
confinement in jail.
misdemeanor
Failure to act.
omission
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.
public place
A belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent person in the same circumstances as the
actor.
reasonable belief
The commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or
inflicted upon more than one person or item of property.
criminal episode
What are the 4 culpable mental states?
1)intentional
2)knowing
3)reckless
4)criminal negligence
When it is a person's conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.
intentionally
When a person is aware of the nature of his conduct or that the circumstances exist, and is aware that
his/her conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.
knowingly
When a person is aware but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the
circumstances exist or the result will occur.
recklessly
When a person ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist
or the result will occur.
criminally negligent
Each part to an offense of a crime may be charged with commission of the offense. T or F?
