The full text of Sexual Coercion in Texas can be found insection 21.18 of the Texas Penal code. A person commits a sexual coercion offense if the person intentionally threatens (including by coercion or extortion) to commit: Prostitution Human Trafficking (certain sections) Continuous Sexual Assault...
The potential ineligibility of an individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense; The department’s current eligibility guidelines (the board’s administrative rules) issued under Occupations Code, Section 53.025; Any other state or local restriction or guideline used by the department to de...
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is a serious offense in Texas, carrying significant legal, financial, and personal consequences. Texas has some of the strictest DWI laws in the country, and a conviction can result in hefty fines, license suspension, increased insurance rates, and even jail time...
The U.S. Supreme Court decision inDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization(June 24, 2022) has implications for Texas jurisprudence, including the triggering of a new felony offense relating to elective abortions that will take effect at a yet-to-be-determined date. This new crime was no...
were not intended to be an exclusive list of exceptions but rather a good list of examples as to whether the standard for admissibility had been met. The test for admissibility is that extraneous offense evidence may become admissible upon a showing both that the offense is relevant to a mater...
the ways that the offense can be elevated to “aggravated.” For example, the crime of sexual assault is considered aggravated if the victim was age 13 or younger. Texas law punishes as felonies all sex offenses against children that result in mandatory registration for the ...
Texas gambling laws (Chapter 47 of the Penal Code) do not permit nonprofit organizations to hold poker or casino night fundraising events. The gambling law applies to nonprofits and for-profits equally. The three parts to an activity that could make it illegal gambling are: ...
the mental health crisis or substance abuse issue is suspected to be the reason the person committed the alleged offense. This new requirement went into effect on Sept. 1, 2017. Grant Money for Community Collaboratives The Sandra Bland Act amended the Government Code to require the Department of...
You need to look at411.081(e) of the Texas Government Code. Any case “involving family violence as defined by 71.004, Family Code” makes the nondisclosure applicant INELIGIBLE for any nondisclosure thereafter, which includes the immediate offense of assault family violence. ...
The bill would have authorized the AG to prosecute a person who attempted to implement or enforce a federal action declared to be an unconstitutional federal action and to appear before a grand jury in connection with such an offense. Amend the CPRC to establish that any court in Texas had ...