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  2. Texas Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The code underwent a major reorganization and reconciliation of existing criminal laws with the adoption of the Texas Penal Code of 1974. [5] According to the Texas Legislative Counsel, the main objectives of the Revised Penal Code were to (1) consolidate, simplify, and clarify the substantive law of crimes; (2) modernize a Penal Code designed ...

  3. Murder in Texas law - Wikipedia

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    The felony murder rule in Texas, codified in Texas Penal Code § 19.02(b)(3), [2] states that a person commits murder if he or she "commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, the person commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human ...

  4. Law of Texas - Wikipedia

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    In 1925 the Texas Legislature reorganized the statutes into three major divisions: the Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and Code of Criminal Procedure. [2] [5] In 1963, the Texas legislature began a major revision of the 1925 Texas statutory classification scheme, and as of 1989 over half of the statutory law had been arranged under the ...

  5. Joe Horn shooting controversy - Wikipedia

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    On November 14, 2007, Joe Horn, 61, spotted two men breaking into his next-door neighbor's home in Pasadena, Texas.He called 911 to summon police to the scene. While on the phone with emergency dispatch, Horn stated that he had the right to use deadly force to defend property, referring to a law (Texas Penal Code §§ 9.41, 9.42, and 9.43) which justified the use of deadly force to protect ...

  6. In Texas, can you go to jail for not paying fines you cannot ...

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    Here’s what the Texas penal code on execution of judgment states: TITLE 1, Art. 43.03. A court may not order a defendant confined under Subsection (a) of this article unless the court at a ...

  7. The statute is in the Texas Penal Code section 22.06. It boils down to this: Someone charged with assault can point to the victim’s consent to fight as a defense if:

  8. Is it legal in Texas to bring a gun on school grounds? Here ...

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    Under Texas penal code 46.03, a person commits an offense if they intentionally, ... Under Texas Education Code 37.0815, a school district may not prohibit a person, ...

  9. Category:Criminal codes - Wikipedia

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    Texas Penal Code; Turkish Penal Code; U. Title 18 of the United States Code; Z. Zanardelli Code This page was last edited on 13 July 2021, at 14:55 (UTC). Text is ...