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On August 15, 2014, Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury, but has since been cleared on all charges. [1] [2] [3] The first charge of the indictment was abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit, a state public corruption prosecutors department.
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.
Jack Smith's re-tooled election interference indictment is 9 pages shorter than the one it replaces. A legal expert said it's now immunity-proof and, therefore, a far stronger instrument against ...
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted in $600,000 foreign bribery scheme Daniel Barnes and Julie Tsirkin and Ryan Nobles and Rebecca Kaplan and Ken Dilanian and Scott Wong May 3, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The size of the grand jury and the number of grand jurors required to issue an indictment varies among the states and even, at times, within a single state. [19] A supermajority of jurors, such as two-third or three-fourths, is usually needed to recommend an indictment or criminal charge. [6]
The pastor’s congregation is still meeting at one of the stolen churches, authorities said. North Texas pastor stole property from 3 churches with fake deeds, sentenced to 35 years Skip to main ...
One such plea essentially claims double jeopardy while another plea places the punishment if found guilty into the hands of the jury rather than the magistrate. A plea of "nolo contendere" is, according to Texas, essentially a "guilty" plea, except the plea cannot be used in a civil case that may follow a criminal one to prove guilt.
A Texas woman arrested for attempting to drown a three-year-old girl and hurting the girl's six-year-old brother was accused of attacking the children for being Muslim.