Agrees with 1 or more persons to engage in conduct that would constitue the offense. 1 or more persons performs an overt act in the agreement.
*Act must constitute a felony*
PC 15.02 Criminal Conspiracy
Punishment: 1 category lower that most serious felony
| Term | Definition |
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Agrees with 1 or more persons to engage in conduct that would constitue the offense. 1 or more persons performs an overt act in the agreement.
*Act must constitute a felony* | PC 15.02 Criminal Conspiracy
Punishment: 1 category lower that most serious felony |
Request, or commands, or attempts to induce another to engage in specific conduct that would constitute a felony or make the other a party to its commission.
*Must be a Capital Felony* | PC 15.03 Criminal Solicitation
Punishment: Capital Offense - 1st Degree Felony
1st Degree Felony Offense - 2nd Degree Felony
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The person(s) requests, commands, or attempts to induce a minor to engage in a specific condut that would constitute an offense or make a minor a party to the commission of an offense.
*Minor younger than 17yrs* | PC 15.031 Criminal Solicitation of a Minor
Punishment: One category lower than solicited offense
*Same category if the solicitation of a minor is gang related* |
1. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual.
2. Intends to cause serious bodily injury, commits an act, which causes death.
3. Commits/Attempts a felony, other than manslaughter, during the commission of a crim, or flight from a crime, that causes the death of an individual. | PC 19.02 Murder
Punishment: 1st Degree Felony
*2nd Degree Felony if murder occurs due to sudden passion and/or rage* |
1. Murders a Peace Officer/Fireman during discourse of official dute and the person knows who they are.
2. Intentionally murders during Kidnapping, Burglary, Robbery, Agg. Sex Assault, Arson, Obstruction or Rataliation, or Terrorisitic Threat.
3. Murder for Hire (Remuneration)
4. Trying to escape from Penal Institution (kills Detention Ofc)
5. Murders a judge/justice of the peace.
6. Murders another in jail while be held for murder.
7. Murders more than one person during same scheme or criminal transaction
8. Murders a child younger than 10 yrs old.
9. Murders in jail for the benefit of furtherance of a gange. | PC 19.03 Capital Murder
Punishment: Capital Felony |
Recklessly causes the death of an individual | PC 19.04 Manslaughter
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony |
Causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence | PC 19.05 Criminally Negligent Homicide
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
1. Knowingly traffics another person with intent that the person engage in forced labor or services.
2. Receives remuneration, or some benefit, from participation in #1
3. Traffics through force, fraud, or coercion & causes person to engage in Prostitution, Promotion of Prostitution, Agg. Prostitution, & Compelling Prostitution.
4. Recieves a benefit from participating in #3
5. Traffics a child for forced labor
6. Receives a benefit for #5.
7. Traffics a child for sexual abuse, indecency with a child, assault, agg. assault of a child, or prostitution of a child, sexual performance of a child, child pornography, or employment that is harmful to a child. | PC 20A.02 Trafficking of Persons
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony
*1st Degree Felony for child offenses* |
1. 30 or more days in duration with 2 or more times in Trafficking of Persons.
2. Jury does not have to agree unanimously on conduct, but does on 30 plus days duration. | PC 20A.03 Continuous Trafficking of Persons
Punishment: 1st Degree Felony |
1. Intentionally & Knowingly restrains another person.
2. No count if person is a relative & child is 14 yrs of age | PC 20.02 Unlawful Restraint
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
State Jail Felony - Child younger than 17
3rd Degree Felony - Recklessly exposed to Serious Bodily Injury |
1. Intentionally or knowingly abduct another person | PC 20.03 Kidnapping
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
1. Intentionally or knowingly abduct another person with intent to:
1.hold for ransom or reward
2. uses as a shield or hostage
3. to commit a felony or further it by flight
4. inflict bodily harm or abuse sexually
5. terrorize them or third person
6. interfere with Gov. Proceeding
2. Uses or exhibits a deadly weapon | PC 20.04 Aggravated Kidnapping
Punishment: 1st Degree felony
2nd degree felony - voluntary release in a safe place |
1. Intentionally uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, to transport an individual with intent to:
a. conceal from a peace officer/special invest.
b. flee from a Peace Officer/Special Invest. | PC 20.05 Smuggling of Persons
Punishment: State Jail Felony
3rd Degree Felony - pecuniary benefit or person suffers serious bodily injury |
Period that is 30 or more days in duration a person commits 2 or more acts of sexual abuse. Actor is 17 yrs or older and child is 13 yrs or younger. No matter on whether 1 or more victims. | PC 21.02 Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child or Children
Punishment: 1st Degree felony (life/not more than 99 yrs/not less than 25 yrs). |
Engages in any acts in a place, if not in public, he is reckless whether another is present who is offended or alarmed: 1. Sexual intercourse
2. deviate sexual intercourse
3. sexual contact
4. mouth to genitals or genital to anus of animal | PC 21.07 Public Lewdness
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |
1. Younger than 17 yrs no matter the gender of the child.
a. sexual contact or causes child to commit
b. intent to arouse/gratify sexual desire of anyone
c. expose anus/genitals knowing child is present
d. causes child to expose anus/genitals | PC 21.11 Indecency with a Child
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony (contact with a child)
3rd Degree Felony (exposure) |
1. Employee of a public/private primary or secondary school engages in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, and/or deviate sexual intercourse where employee works.
| PC 21.12 Improper Relationship between Student/Educator
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony
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1.Photographs/videotapes by electronic means, broadcasts, transmits visual image of another without the other person's consent with intent to arouse/gratify sexual desire. (Exmp: Up-skirt videos)
2.Photographs/videotapes by electronic means, broadcasts, transmits visual image of another without the other person's consent with intent to arouse/gratify sexual desire from a bathroom/dressing room. | PC 21.15 Improper Photography or Visual Recording
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
PC 22.01 Assault | 1. assault with bodily injury - Class A misdemeanor
2. assault by threat - class C misdemeanor
3. assault by contact - class C misdemeanor
4. assault on peace officer - 3rd Degree Felony with bodily injury
5. assault by strangulation - 3rd degree Felony (obstructing airway)
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1.Intentionally/knowingly penetrates anus or sexual organ by any means without the person's consent.
2. Penetrates mouth with sex organ without person's consent.
3. Causes sex organ of person to penetrate mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another including the actor.
*Child: 16 yrs or younger same violation as #3* | PC 22.011 Sexual Assault
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony
1st Degree Felony if illegal to have married |
1.Intentionally/knowingly causes serious bodily harm during commission
2. administers drugs
3. victim is younger than 14 yrs of elderly | PC 22.021 Aggravated Sexual Assault
Punishment: 1st Degree Felony |
1. Abandon a child (14 yrs or younger) where child is exposed to unreasonable risk or harm.
2. abandon a child to imminent danger or death, bodily harm, physical/mental impairment
3. expose a child to Methamphetamine | PC 22.041 Abandoning/Endangering a Child
Punishment: State Jail Felony - Intended to return/meth
3rd Degree Felony - no intent to return
2nd degree Felony - imminent danger/bodily injury |
1. Causes serious bodily injury
2. exhibits a deadly weapon during assault | PC 22.02 Aggravated Assault
Punishment: 2nd degree felony
1st Degree felony - drive by, family violence, retaliation to a witness, security officer |
1. Intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, criminal negligence
a. causes serious bodily injury
b. mental deficiency, impairment, or injury
c. bodily injury
Child is 14 yrs or younger
Elderly is 65 yrs or older
Disabled 14 yrs or older | PC 22.04 Injury to a Child/Elderly/Disabled
Punishment: 1st Degree felony (intentionally or knowingly)
2nd degree felony (recklessly)
3rd degree felony (bodily injury) |
1. Recklessly engages in conduct putting another in imminent danger of serious bodily injury.
2. discharges a firearm at 1 or more individuals, habitation, building, or vehicle and is reckless to whether occupied. | PC 22.05 Deadly Conduct
Punishment: #1 - Class A Misdemeanor
#2 - 3rd Degree Felony |
PC 22.06 Consent as a Defense to Assaultive Conduct | 1. Not threaten or cause serious bodily injury
2. Victim knew the risk of consenting with the possibility of needing medical treatment |
PC 22.07 Terroristic Threat | Class B misdemeanor: 1. reaction to any type to a threat by agency official/volunteer.
2 places person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury
Class A Misdemeanor:
1. Family violence where person is in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. 2. Public servant put in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
3rd Degree felony:
1. interruption of public communications, transportation, water, gas, or power. 2. A substantial group of people fear serious bodily injury. 3. Influence conduct of the Gov. |
Aids or attempts to aid in the suicide of another | PC 22.08 Aiding Suicide
Punishment: Class C Misdemeanor |
PC 22.09 Tampering with a Consumer Product | 2nd Degree Felony -> Tampered with products for sale
1st Degree Felony -> Suffers serious bodily injury
3rd Degree Felony -> Cause fear to affect the sales or
causes bodily injury. |
1. Intentionally/knowingly leaves a child in a vehicle longer than 5 minutes:
a. child is younger than 7 yrs
b. not attended by 14 yr old or older | PC 22.10 Leaving a Child in a Vehicle
Punishment: Class C Misdemeanor |
Blood, Seminal Fluid, Vaginal Fluid, Saliva, Urine, Feces, used to contact a Detention Officer | PC 22.11 Harassment of a Detention Officer
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
When you're legally married and you marry another. | PC 25.01 Bigamy
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
2nd Degree Felony - 17 yrs of age
1st Degree felony - 16 yrs or younger |
1. Sexual or Deviant Sexual Intercourse with:
A. Relative by blood or adoption
B. Current, or former, stepchild, or step parent
C. See Code for further relative restrictions | PC 25.02 Prohibited Sexual Conduct
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
2nd Degree Felony - son or daughter, actor's aunt/uncle, or whole or 1/2 blood or adoption
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1. Keeping a child younger than 18
2. violates a court order
3. not awarded custody and leaves the area
4. noncustodial parent with intent to inerfere | PC 25.03 Interference with Child Custody
Punishment: State Jail Felony
Defense - brings back child to county within 3 days |
Advertises through media for the sale/adoption of a child
| PC 25.09 Adverstising for Placement of a Child
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
3rd Degree Felony - previously convicted |
Knowingly prevents the request of 911 | PC 42.062 Interference with an Emergency Request
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
State Jail Felony - previously convicted |
Agree to Abduct a child younger than 18 for money | PC 25.031 Agreement to Abduct from Custody
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
1. entices/persuades child under 18 yrs and takes child
| PC 25.04 Enticing a Child
Punishment: Class B misdemeanor
3rd Degree felony - took child to commit a felony |
Failure to provide child support for child under 18 yrs.
| PC 25.05 Criminal Nonsupport
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
1. Harbor a child younger than 18.
2. Harbors a child who is an escapee | PC 25.06 Harboring a Runaway
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
*Defense - Returned child when they found out* |
Knowingly or intentionally violates order:
a. possess a firearm
b. communicates threats
c. furthers family violence
d. goes to places forbidden on the order | PC 25.07 Violation of a Court Order
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |
Possess a child younger than 18 yrs by accepting money, or paying another for child. | PC 25.08 Sale/Purchase a Child
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
2nd Degree Felony - Sexual Performance of a child |
Takes, retains, or conceals a child from those with possessors rights. | PC 25.10 Interference with Rights of a Guardian of a Person
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
Intentionally & Knowingly offers, confers, agrees, solicits, accepts, any benefit as consideration | PC 36.02 Bribery
Punishment: 2nd degree felony |
Any person who attempts to influence a public servant or voter | PC 36.03 Coercion of a Public Servant or Voter
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
*Coercion by threat to commit a felony - 3rd Degree Felony* |
Privately, and with intent, influences the outcome of a proceeding | PC 36.04 Improper Influence
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |
Influence a Witness: Testify Falsely, withhold testimony, elude a legal process, delay prosecution | PC 36.05 Tampering with a Witness
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
Intentionally/knowingly harms, or threatens to harm, another by an unlawful act in retaliation as a Public Servant, Witness, or an Informant. | PC 36.06 Obstruction/Retaliation
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony,
2nd Degree Felony - harmed/threatened for being a juror |
Public Servant solicits, accepts, agrees to accept honorarium for his services. | PCC 36.07 Acceptance of an Honorarium
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |
Makes a false statement under oath, false un-sworn delceration | PC 37.02 Perjury
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |
Makes a false statement made during, or in connection, with an official proceeding and is material, or world have effected the outcome of a proceeding | PC 37.03 Aggravated Perjury
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
Induce another to his pretended authority | PC 37.11 Impersonation of a Public Servant
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
Having a fake badge or ID | PC 37.12 False ID as a Peace Officer
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor |
Intentionally refuses to give name, address, & date of birth to a Peace Officer:
1. Who has been lawfully arrested
2. Who has been lawfully detained
3. From a person the P.O. has good cause to believe is a witness to a criminal offense. | PC 38.02 Failure to Identify
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor |
Intentionally/knowingly prevents, or obstructs, whom he knows to be a Peace Officer. Using force against a Peace Officer. | PC 38.03 Resisting Arrest, Search, or Transportation
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
3rd Degree Felony - Uses a deadly weapon |
Intentionally flees from a Peace officer | PC 38.04 Evading Arrest or Detention
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
State Jail Felony - previously convicted
3rd Degree Felony - uses a vehicle, another suffers serious bodily |
Intend to hinder arrest, harbor or conceal, provides aid to avoid arrest, warns another of discovery. | PC 38.05 Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
3rd Degree Felony - if the charge was felony or The actor was a convicted felon
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Escape from custody while under lawful arrest, lawfully detained, or in custody. | PC 38.06 Escape
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
3rd Degree Felony - Under arrest, charged, or convicted felony, or escaped from jail
2nd degree felony - escape causes bodily injury
1st Degree felony - causes serious bodily injury, uses or threatens to use deadly weapon |
Person acts with criminal negligence, interrupts, disrupts, impedes, interferes with a Peace Officer who is performing a duty to his office of authority | PC 38.15 Interference with Public Duties
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor |
Intentionally/knowingly uses abusive, indecent, profane language in public. Offensive gesture which is an immediate breach of the peace. Fights with another in a public place. Discharge a firearm. Displays a firearm in a public place. Shoots across the roadway. Exposure of anus/genitals and is reckless to who might see it. | PC 42.01 Disorderly Conduct
Punishment: Class C Misdemeanor
Class B Misdemeanor - unlawfully discharges a firearm in a public place or displays one in a manner calculated to alarm. |
intentionally/knowingly/recklessly, obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, elevator, isle, hallway, entrance, or exit. | PC 42.03 Obstructing a highway/paggage way
Punishment: Class B misdemeanor |
Intent to prevent or disrupt procession
funeral: 3 hrs before/after & within 1000 feet | PC 42.05 & PC 42.055 Disrupt Meeting Procession & Funeral Services Disruption
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor |
Intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass another | PC 42.07 Harassment
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor
Class A Misdemeanor - previously convicted |
More than one occasion/same scheme & knowingly engages in threatening bodily injury or death or of a household member, against property, fear of bodily injury | PC 42.072 Stalking
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
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Causes one dog to fight another
| PC 42.10 Dog FIghting
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor - Possess/Train Dog
State Jail Felony - anything else |
Points at a Peace Officer, Security Officer, Fire Fighter, Medical, or Federal Officer | PC 42.13 Use of a Laser Pointer
Punishment: Class C Misdemeanor |
PC 42.14 Illumination of a Aircraft by Intense Light | Punishment: Class C Misdemeanor to point at a plane
Class A Misdemeanor if it interferes with operator |
1. Person knowingly engages, agrees to engage in sexual conduct for money
2. Solicits another for sexual conduct for hire. | PC 43.02 Prostitution
Punishment: Class B Misdemeanor
Class A Misdemeanor - Previously convicted
State Jail Felony - Previously convicted 3 or more times
2nd Degree Felony - Younger than 18 yrs old |
Receiving money for rendering services. Solicits 1 or more to engage in prostitution with another (pimping). | PC 43.03 Promotion of Prostitution
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor
State Jail Felony - Previously convicted
2nd Degree Felony - Younger than 18 yrs |
Knowingly owns, invests, finances, controls, or supervises prostitution enterprise. | PC 43.04 Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
1st Degree felony - younger than 18 yrs |
Forces another by threat or fraud to commit prostitution | PC 43.05 Compelling Prostiution
Punishment: 2nd Degree felony
1st Degree felony - younger than 18 yrs |
employ, auhtorize, induce, or consent to a child younger than 18 yrs to engage in sexual performance, or promotion such visual material
| PC 43.25 Sexual Performance by a Child
Punishment: 2nd degree felony
1st Degree felony - younger than 14 yrs |
knowingly/intentionally access with intent to view child younger than 18 yrs. | PC 43.26 Possession/Promotion of Child Pornography
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony
2nd Degree felony - promote & posses with intent to promote |
Person is younger than 18 yrs.
Intentionally/knowingly makes a pic, posses a pic, gives a pic to another. Pic is engaging in sexual conduct | PC 43.261 electronic transmission of certain visual material depicting a minor
Punishment: Class C misdemeanor
Class B misdemeanor - uses to harass, annoy alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another
Class A Misdemeanor - previously convicted 1 or 2 more times |
In a public place while intoxicated and is a danger to himself or another. | PC 49.02 Public Intoxication
Punishment: Class C misdemeanor |
Operating a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated.
| PC 49.04 Driving While Intoxicated
Punishment: Class B misdemeanor
Class A Misdemeanor - BrAC is .015 or more |
Operating a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated with a child younger than 15 yrs. | PC 49.045 DWI with Child Passenger
Punishment: State Jail Felony |
Intoxicated while operation an aircraft, watercraft, amusement ride and causes serious bodily injury. | PC 49.07 Intoxication Assault
Punishment: 3rd Degree Felony |
Causes death while operating a vehicle while intoxicated | PC 49.08 Intoxication Manslaughter
Punishment: 2nd Degree Felony |
Observes a felony commissioned and does not immediately report it. | PC 83.171 Failure to report a Felony
Punishment: Class A Misdemeanor |