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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 enforcem
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ent to prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons suspected, accused, or con
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victed of offenses; and o o o


(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 crimina
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l jurisdiction.
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Territorial Jurisdiction - ANSWER-- o o o


Either the conduct or a result that is an element of the offense occurs inside this state
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Computation of Age - ANSWER-- o o o o


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


A bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes spee
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Actor - ANSWER-- o o


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


Includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, distr
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ict, division, and office.
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Bodily Injury - ANSWER-- o o o


Means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
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Serious Bodily Injury - ANSWER-- o o o o


Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious per
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manent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodil
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y member or organ.
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Coercion - ANSWER--Means a threat, however communicated:
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(A) to commit an offense; o o o


(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, or t
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o cause a public servant to take or withhold action.
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Conduct - ANSWER--Means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state.
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Correctional Facility - ANSWER-- o o o


Means a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged
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owith, or o


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 Texas D
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epartment of Criminal Justice; and o o o o


(D) a community corrections facility operated by a community supervision and c
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orrections department. o




Deadly Weapon - ANSWER-- o o o


A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflict
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ing 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 death
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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-- o o o


Includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not ef
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fective if: o


(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 owner;
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(C) given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxicatio
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n 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-- o o


An offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitenti
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ary.

Harm - ANSWER-- o o


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


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


An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or by b
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oth 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-- o o o


Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and incl
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udes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hosp
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itals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
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Public Servant - ANSWER--
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A person elected, selected, appointed, employed, or otherwise designated as one o
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f the following, even if he has not yet qualified for office or assumed his duties:
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(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 private w
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ritten 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 a g
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overnmental function; or o o


(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 right al
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though he is not legally qualified to do so.
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Reasonable Belief - ANSWER-- o o o


A belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstance
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s as the actor.
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Secure Correctional Facility - ANSWER--A municipal or county jail; or
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(B) a confinement facility operated by or under a contract with any division of the Tex
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as Department of Criminal Justice.
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Unlawful - ANSWER-- o o


Criminal or tortuous or both and includes what would be criminal or tortuous but for a
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defense not amounting to justification or privilege.
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Death - ANSWER-- o o


For an individual who is an unborn child, the failure to be born alive.
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Prosecuting Attorney - ANSWER-- o o o


Prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant or defendant's conduct does not f
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all within the exception.
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Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - ANSWER--
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All persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offens
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e unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Presumption - ANSWER-- o o


If there is sufficient evidence of the facts that give rise to the presumption, the issue
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of the existence of the presumed fact must be submitted to the jury
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Defense - ANSWER---"It is a defense to prosecution..."
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-Easier to prove o o




Affirmative Defense - ANSWER---"It is an Affirmative Defense to Prosecution..."
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-Prosecuting attorney not required to negate existence. o o o o o o


-Proved by PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE o o o o


-Harder to prove o o




Criminal Episode - ANSWER-- o o o


The commission of 2 or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed to
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ward or inflicted upon more than one person or item. Common scheme/Similar offe
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nses.