Bestiality in Texas The full Bestiality text can be found insection 21.09 of the Texas Penal Code A person commits Bestiality if they knowingly engage in an act involving contact between their mouth, anus, or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal. Or, if the person engages in an...
Within the Texas Penal Code, specific statutory defenses are defined for the person arrested on weapons charges in Texas for a gun or firearm. These include: 1. Part of the Job: Member of Armed Forces, National Guard, Jailer, Court Officer Under TPC 46.03(b), it is a defense to prose...
Sexual Harassment: Assault Charges under Texas Penal Code §§22.01, 22.011 However, there are times when criminal charges are prosecuted based upon actions that come within the definition of sexual harassment. In these instances, Texas law considers the actions to be criminal assaults under Texas...
The definition for Aggravated Assault in Texas uses the term “serious bodily injury.” In Texas, serious bodily injury means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily...
there was no evidence of any threat by any means that rose to the level of the quoted statutory definition. No weapons were used; the prosecutrix was not mistreated to the extent that serious bodily injury might have resulted, and no verbal or written threats of such nature were communicated...