TEXAS PENAL CODE EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+.pdf

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Objectives of Code - ANSWER---To insure the public safety through:
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(A) the deterrent influence of the penalties
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(B) the rehabilitation of those convicted of violations
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of this code; and to guide and limit the exercise of official discretion in law enforc
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ement to prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons suspected, accused, o
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r convicted of offenses; and
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(6) to define the scope of state interest in law
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enforcement against specific offenses and to systematize the exercise of state crimi
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nal jurisdiction.
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Territorial Jurisdiction - ANSWER-- m m m


Either the conduct or a result that is an element of the offense occurs inside this s
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tate

Computation of Age - ANSWER-- m m m m


A person attains a specified age on the day of the anniversary of his birth-date.
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Act - ANSWER-- m m


A bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes sp
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eech.

Actor - ANSWER-- m m


A person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. Whenever t
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he term "suspect" is used in this code, it means "actor."
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Agency - ANSWER-- m m


Includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, di
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strict, division, and office.
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Bodily Injury - ANSWER-- m m m


Means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
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Serious Bodily Injury - ANSWER--
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Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious
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permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of an
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y bodily member or organ.
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Coercion - ANSWER--Means a threat, however communicated:
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(A) to commit an offense;
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(B) to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person threatened or another;
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(C) to accuse a person of any offense;
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(D) to expose a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule;
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(E) to harm the credit or business repute of any person; or
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(F) to take or withhold action as a public servant, o
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r to cause a public servant to take or withhold actio
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n.

Conduct - ANSWER-- m m


Means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state.
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Correctional Facility - ANSWER-- m m m


Means a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, char
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ged with, or
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convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes:
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(A) a municipal or county jail;
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(B) a confinement facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
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(C) a confinement facility operated under contract with any division of the Texa
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s Department of Criminal Justice; and
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(D) a community corrections facility operated by a community supervision an
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d corrections department.
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Deadly Weapon - ANSWER--
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A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inf
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licting death or serious bodily injury; or
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(B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing de
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ath or serious bodily injury.
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Consent - ANSWER--Means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.
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Effective Consent - ANSWER-- m m m


Includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is no
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t effective if:
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(A) induced by force, threat, or fraud;
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(B) given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the own
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er;
(C) given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxic
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ation is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or
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(D) given solely to detect the commission of an offense.
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Element of Offense - ANSWER--(A) The forbidden conduct;
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(B) The required culpability;
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(C) Any required result; and
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(D) The negation of any exception to the offense.
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Felony - ANSWER-- m m


An offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penite
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ntiary.

Harm - ANSWER-- m m


Anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury, including harm to
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another person in whose welfare the person affected is interested.
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Individual - ANSWER-- m m


A human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation
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from fertilization until birth.
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Misdemeanor - ANSWER-- m m


An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or
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by both fine and confinement in jail.
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Possession - ANSWER--Means actual care, custody, control, or management.
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Public Place - ANSWER-- m m m


Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and
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mincludes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schoo
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ls, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
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Public Servant - ANSWER-- m m m


A person elected, selected, appointed, employed, or otherwise designated as one
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mof the following, even if he has not yet qualified for office or assumed his duti
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es:
(A) an officer, employee, or agent of government;
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(B) a juror or grand juror; or
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(C) an arbitrator, referee, or other person who is authorized by law or privat
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e written agreement to hear or determine a cause or controversy; or
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(D) an attorney at law or notary public when participating in the performance of
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a governmental function; or
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(E) a candidate for nomination or election to public office; or
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(F) a person who is performing a governmental function under a claim of righ
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t although he is not legally qualified to do so.
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