The full text of Sexual Coercion in Texas can be found in section 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 Assau...
TheTexas Penal Code §21.11offense can be established even if the accused was not aware at the time of the event that the minor was indeed younger than 17 years of age. If the minor claims to be an adult, or at least 17 years old, then that fabrication will not serve to prevent arre...
Internet sex crimes, in essence, involve any type of behavior defined by either state or federal law as a criminal offense involving sexual behavior or conduct that occurs over the web. Online sexual behavior becomes a crime in Texas when either state or federal law define the action or ...
Pulling afire alarmis much like filing a false report. According toSection 42.06 of the Texas Penal Code, “A person commits an offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates, circulates, or broadcasts a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that ...
The state of Texas is one of the strictest in the U.S. when it comes to gambling. Its laws cover a wide swath of gambling activity. Under Texas law (Penal Code Section 47.02), gambling is a criminal offense if an offender: Bets on a game or a contest’s partial or final results,...
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...
Currently,Penal Code §7.02(a)(2)makes a person criminally responsible for an offense committed by another if, with the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense. The scope ...
“This is an offense against the family; this case is about the protection of the family,” Nichols told the jury during his closing argument. Nielsen was part of a “system he used to exploit” the faithful under his control. “Those like Wendell Loy Nielsen came to our state . ...
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...
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...