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Effect of Code: Not an offense unless defined by what 4 items?
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Statute; Municipal Ordinance; Order of a county commissioners court; or rule authorized by and adopted under a statute
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Computation of Age
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A person attains a specified age on the day of the anniversary of his birth date
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Definition: Act
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Bodily movement, voluntary or involuntary, including speech
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Definition: Actor
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A person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action
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Definition: Bodily injury
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Physical pain, illness,or any impairment of physical condition
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Definition: Coercion
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Means a threat, however communicated:
-to commit an offense -to inflict bodily injury in the future -to accuse a person of any offense -to expose a person to hatred -to harm the credit or business repute of any person -to take or withhold action as a public servantDefinition |
Definition: Conduct
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An act or omission and its accompanying mental state
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Definition: Deadly Weapon
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- a firearm or anything manifestly designed for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury OR anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury
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Definition:Effective Consent
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Consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner.
Not effective: Induced by force, threat or fraud; Given by person not authorized to act for owner; Given by person who by reason of youth, mental disease, or intoxication is known to be unable to make reasonable decisions; Given solely to detect the commission of an offense |
Definition: Elements of Offense
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The forbidden conduct; The required cupability; Any required result; And the negation of any exception to the offense
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Definition: Felony
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An offense so designated to law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary
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Definition: Harm
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Anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury including harm to another person in whose welfare the person affected is interested
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Definition: Individual
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A human being who is alive including an unborn child at ever stage of gestation from fertilization until birth
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Definition: Misdemeanor
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An offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail or both
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Definition: Omission
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Failure to act
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