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An educational guide that explains the Texas Penal Code, criminal statutes and laws, and potential defenses that can be used to have your charges reduced or dismissed.
CRIME CONTROL PLAN AND BUDGET PLAN. (a) The temporary board of a proposed district shall formulate and approve a two-year crime control plan and a two-year budget plan. The crime control plan must include: (1) a detailed list of the crime control and crime prevention strategies to be supported by the district; and.
Crimes Against Persons & Property. Criminal Defenses. General, Evidentiary & Ancillary Instructions. Intoxication and Controlled Substances. Preparatory Crimes. Resources marked with also are available electronically on the Law Library’s computers.
The Texas Penal Code is the principal criminal code of the U.S. state of Texas. It was originally enacted in 1856 and underwent substantial revision in 1973, with the passage of the Revised Penal Code, in large part based on the American Law Institute 's Model Penal Code .
The general purposes of this code are to establish a system of prohibitions, penalties, and correctional measures to deal with conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens harm to those individual or public interests for which state protection is appropriate.
CATEGORIES OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN TEXAS. Texas law currently recognizes five types of felonies and three types of misdemeanors. Every crime in the TPC is classified as one of these eight types. The possible punishment is, therefore, determined by where each offense is designated in this eight-part classification.
TITLE 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS. TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. CHAPTER 6. CULPABILITY GENERALLY. CHAPTER 7. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER. CHAPTER 8. GENERAL DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. TITLE 3. PUNISHMENTS. CHAPTER 12. PUNISHMENTS.
