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  2. Texas Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law , with the exception of a few penal statutes. [ 3 ] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.

  3. Are citizens’ arrests legal in Texas? State law is blurry and ...

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    Article 14.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure states that a peace officer “or other person” can make an arrest without a warrant when an offense is committed in their presence or ...

  4. Murder in Texas law - Wikipedia

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    The felony murder rule in Texas, codified in Texas Penal Code § 19.02(b)(3), [2] states that a person commits murder if he or she "commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, the person commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human ...

  5. Capital punishment in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas Department of Criminal Justice. September 2023 – via Supreme Court of the United States. "Execution Procedure" (PDF). Texas Department of Criminal Justice. April 2019 – via Death Penalty Information Center.

  6. In Texas, can you go to jail for not paying fines you cannot ...

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    Here’s what the Texas penal code on execution of judgment states: TITLE 1, Art. 43.03. A court may not order a defendant confined under Subsection (a) of this article unless the court at a ...

  7. In Texas, is it criminal to accidentally start a wildfire ...

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    If the fire resulted in bodily injury or death, the offense would be classified as a third degree felony. A person guilty of a third degree felony could face between two to 10 years of prison time ...

  8. Felony murder rule - Wikipedia

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    The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.

  9. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Criminal Procedure, [1] sometimes called the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1965 [2] or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965, [3] is an Act of the Texas State Legislature. The Act is a code of the law of criminal procedure of Texas. The code regulates how criminal trials are carried out in Texas.