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| A human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth. |
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| An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or by both fine and confinement in jail. |
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| Criminal attempt definition |
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| A person commits an offense if, with specific intent to commit an offense, he does an act amounting to more than mere preparation that tends but fails to effect the commission of the offense intended. Penalty one level lower than offense. |
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| Criminal instrument possession |
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| Anything, the possession, manufacture, or sale of which is not otherwise an offense, that is specially designed, made, or adapted for use in the commission of an offense. |
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| A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence. |
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| Sexual assault of a child |
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causes the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of a child by any means;
(B) causes the penetration of the mouth of a child by the sexual organ of the actor;
(C) causes the sexual organ of a child to contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor;
(D) Causes the anus of a child to contact the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; or
(E) Causes the mouth of a child to contact the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor. |
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| declared unconstitutional by Lawrence v. Texas. |
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| Public lewdness definition |
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A person commits an offense if he knowingly engages in any of the following acts in a public place or, if not in a public place, he is reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by his:
(1) Act of sexual intercourse;
(2) act of deviate sexual intercourse;
(3) Act of sexual contact; or
(4) Act involving contact between the person's mouth or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal or fowl. |
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A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another, including the person's spouse;
(2) Intentionally or knowingly threatens another with imminent bodily injury, including the person's spouse; or
(3) Intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative. |
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A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly leaves a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:
(1) Younger than seven years of age; and
(2) Not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| diverting water around city metering device |
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a Class A misdemeanor if:
(A) The amount of pecuniary loss is $750 or more but less than $2,500; or
(B) the actor causes in whole or in part impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any public water supply, regardless of the amount of the |
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An offense under this section is a state jail felony if:
(1) the marking is made on a school, an institution of higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public monument, or a community center that provides medical, social, or educational programs; and
2) The amount of the pecuniary loss to real property or to tangible personal property is $750 or more but less than $30,000 |
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| Without consent of owner Enters habitation or building other than habitation with intent to commit a Felony, Theft, or an Assault. |
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| burglary of motor vehicle definition |
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| Enters any part of the body into any part of the vehicle without consent to commit theft or felony. |
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| Unlawfully appropriates property with the intent to deprive the owner of property. |
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| theft of copper wire/theft of firearm/theft of automated teller machine |
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A state jail felony if; the value of the property stolen is less than $20,000 and the property stolen is copper.
(Theft of firearm)- A state jail felony if; the property stolen is a firearm
(Theft of automated teller machine)- a felony of the second degree if; the value of the property stolen is less than $300,000 and the property stolen is an automated teller machine or the contents or components of an automated teller machine; or
(7) A felony of the first degree if the value of the property stolen is $300,000 or more |
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| A person commits theft of service if, with intent to avoid payment for service that the actor knows is provided only for compensation |
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A person commits an offense if:
(1) With intent to obtain a benefit fraudulently, he presents or uses a credit card or debit card with knowledge that:
(A) The card, whether or not expired, has not been issued to him and is not used with the effective consent of the cardholder |
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| obstruction/retaliation definition) |
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| A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act. (IT IS A FELONY) |
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| person refuses to speak or ID self) |
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| A person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information. |
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| A person commits an offense if he intentionally flees from a person he knows is a peace officer or federal special investigator attempting lawfully to arrest or detain him. |
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| throwing items at police K-9 |
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| A person commits an offense if the person recklessly; (2) throws an object or substance at a police service animal; a Class B misdemeanor |
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| official oppression definition |
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| A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful |
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| disorderly conduct definition |
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| A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace |
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| sexual performance by a child |
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| "Sexual performance" means any performance or part there of that includes sexual conduct by a child younger than 18 years of age. |
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metal or body armor" means anybody covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of protecting a person against gunfire.
(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if after the conviction the person possesses metal or body armor.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree |
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| making firearm accessible to minor definition) |
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A person commits an offense if a child gains access to a readily dischargeable firearm and the person with criminal negligence:
(1) Failed to secure the firearm; or
(2) Left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access. |
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| intoxication definition)- |
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| not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body |
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| duties and powers of police officer family violence |
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Protest potential victims and advise victim’s legal rights, service availability.
• Enforce state laws and protective orders
• Arrest Violators |
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| peace officer at family violence is required to? |
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| when may an officer arrest without a warrant |
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• Under circumstances reasonably show that persons have been guilty of some felony.
• Breach of the Peace, Public intoxication about to commit some offense against the law.
• Probable cause to believe persons have committed assault BI against another |
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| public intoxication release |
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• Is released to the care of an adult who agrees to assume responsibility for the individual
• Verbally consents to voluntary treatment for chemical dependency
• A magistrate may release from custody an individual who is not a child |
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| execution of an arrest warrant |
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• It shall always be made known to the accused under what authority the arrest is made.
• The officer need not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest.
• But upon request he shall show the warrant to the defendant as soon as possible. |
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| can a search warrant order an arrest |
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| Arrest warrant extends to every part of the state except when |
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• When a warrant of arrest is issued by any mayor of an incorporated city or
• town, it cannot be executed in another county than the one in which
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| Misdemeanor statute of limitations |
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| Arrest warrant definition |
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| • Is a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody. |
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| • The first document filed with the court (actually with the County Clerk or Clerk of the Court) by a person or entity claiming legal rights against another. |
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| • A criminal charge, typically for a lesser offense, that is filed by a prosecutor without resorting to a grand jury. |
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| Driving While License Invalid |
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A person commits an offense if the person operates a motor vehicle
After the person's driver's license has been canceled
During a period that the person's driver's license or privilege is suspended or revoked
While the person's driver's license is expired
After renewal of the person's driver's license has been denied |
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| can a person knowingly permit or cause child under 18 to operate a motor vehicle in violation of the chapter |
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| Permitting unauthorized person to drive definition |
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| • A person shall not knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person's control to be driven upon a highway by a person who is not issued a driver's license valid for the vehicle's operation. |
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| • Means, as used in reference to a vehicle, a person who drives or has physical control of a vehicle. |
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| police officer definition |
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| • Means an officer authorized to direct traffic or arrest persons who violate traffic regulations. |
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| • Means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, and conveyances, including vehicles and streetcars, singly or together while using a highway for the purposes of travel. |
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An operator may pass to the right of another vehicle only if conditions permit safely passing to the right and:
the vehicle being passed is making or about to make a left turn; and
the operator is:
on a highway having unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles and sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction; or
On a one-way street or on a roadway having traffic restricted to one direction of movement and the roadway is free from obstructions and wide enough for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
An operator may not pass to the right by leaving the main traveled portion of a roadway except as provided by Section 545.058. |
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• The school bus resumes motion
• The operator is signaled by the bus driver to proceed
• The visual signal is no longer actuated. |
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