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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. Turner v. Driver - Wikipedia

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    Turner started his YouTube page on January 21, 2014. [6] At the time of his arrest on September 1, 2015, Turner was a part-time student and a part-time employee. [7] As of February 26, 2023, Turner's Battousai YouTube page had over 100 million views. [6] Turner v.

  4. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Wikipedia

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    Chapter 5, Articles 5.04 and 5.05 detail the duties of peace officers when responding to family violence calls. These include protecting the victim, helping the victim move to a safer place, and providing victims with written instructions about the legal actions they can take to protect themselves from the offender.

  5. Criminal code - Wikipedia

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    A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).

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

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    Texas law states: “A peace officer or any other person, may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in his presence or within his view, if the offense is one classed ...

  7. Law of Texas - Wikipedia

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    [2] [5] In 1963, the Texas legislature began a major revision of the 1925 Texas statutory classification scheme, and as of 1989 over half of the statutory law had been arranged under the recodification process. [2] The de facto codifications are Vernon's Texas Statutes Annotated and Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, commonly known as Vernon's.

  8. Lawrence v. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional. [ a ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Court reaffirmed the concept of a " right to privacy " that earlier cases had found the U.S. Constitution provides, even though it ...

  9. Can children access pornography in Texas? That’s what this ...

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    Pornography may be legal in Texas, but not just anyone can access adult content. Companies that distribute adult content online — either from a website or social media channel — must verify ...