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2. Texas ‘mutual combat’ law allows settling scores with fists ...

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   The statute is in the Texas Penal Code section 22.06. ... the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious bodily injury; or (2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of: (A) his occupation; ...

3. Terroristic threat - Wikipedia

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   A terroristic threat is a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person and terrorization as the result of the proscribed conduct. [1] Several U.S. states have enacted statutes which impose criminal liability for "terroristic threatening" or "making a terroristic threat." [2]

4. Pointer v. Texas - Wikipedia

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   Phillips identified Pointer and testified that he had been robbed by Pointer at gunpoint and feared for his life. According to Article 1408 of the Texas Penal code in operation at the time, robbery with violence or "putting in fear of life or bodily injury" was punishable for terms of confinement of five years to life, no matter the amount.

5. Texas Penal Code - Wikipedia

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   The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.

6. In Texas, is it criminal to accidentally start a wildfire ...

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   If the fire resulted in bodily injury or death, the offense would be classified as a third degree felony. A person guilty of a third degree felony could face between two to 10 years of prison time ...

7. Robbery laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   If it involves serious bodily injury, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 11 years in prison. If a firearm was used, 12, 13, or 15 years. If the charge involving the firearm had it personally or intentionally firing it with no bodily injury, 22, 23, or 25 years. If a firearm was used and it involved great bodily injury, 27, 28, or 30 years to Life in prison.