SEXUAL ASSAULT Like many states, Texas has reconceptualized rape as an assaultive or violent offense rather than a sexual offense. Like these other states, Texas no long utilizes the term “rape” in its Penal Code. Both types of “rape”, forcible and statutory ,are found in TPC sec....
Texas Penal Code Section 12.42states that punishment can be enhanced where the state shows prior felony convictions other than DWI's. For example, if it shown on the trial of a state jail felony that the defendant has previously been convicted of two state jail felonies, with the second subse...
brought forintoxication assaultunderTexas Penal Code §49.07. When the drunk driving accident has caused the death of someone due to bodily injuries sustained in the crash, things get very serious. Then prosecutors can addintoxication manslaughterto the DWI charges pursuant toTexas...
(14) “Harm” includes partial or total alteration, damage, or erasure of stored data, interruption of computer services, introduction of a computer virus, or any other loss, disadvantage, or injury that might reasonably be suffered as a result of the actor’s conduct. (14-a) “Identifying ...
any use of force resulting in bodily injury, as that term is defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code. The new rule became effective Jan. 1, 2018, and the first reports were due on Feb. 5, 2018, covering the previous month, Wood said. ...
According to Texas Penal Code Title 7, Chapter 29, robbery is doing either of the followingin the commission of a theft: Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another, or Intentionally or knowingly threatening or placing another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death...
The self-defense provisions in the Penal Code focus on the actor’s motives and on the level of force used, not on the outcome of that use of force. If the actor reasonably believed that the force was necessary to protect himself against another’s unlawful use of force, and the amount...
Assault Bodily Injury Against a Family Member: Hypothetical Scenario: Assault by Contact and Assault By Threat: ** Confinement in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), which is the prison for juveniles, is not a possible punishment for misdemeanor juvenile assaults ...
[2] V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 22.02, provides: "(a) A person commits an offense if he commits assault as defined in Section 22.01 of this code and he: "(1) causes serious bodily injury to another; "(2) . . . "(3) uses a deadly weapon." ...
resulting in the death of one adult and the injury of two children. Subsequently warrants for Gonzales' arrest were issued out of Nueces County for Murder, Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, and Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury. In August 2008, a parole warrant for Gonzales...