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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. Barnes v. Felix - Wikipedia

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    Barnes v. Felix is a pending United States Supreme Court case on excessive force claims under the Fourth Amendment. [1] [2] The court will decide whether courts should apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine, which looks only at the narrow window in which a police officer's safety was threatened to determine whether his actions were reasonable, in evaluating claims that police officers ...

  4. Joe Horn shooting controversy - Wikipedia

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    On November 14, 2007, Joe Horn, 61, spotted two men breaking into his next-door neighbor's home in Pasadena, Texas.He called 911 to summon police to the scene. While on the phone with emergency dispatch, Horn stated that he had the right to use deadly force to defend property, referring to a law (Texas Penal Code §§ 9.41, 9.42, and 9.43) which justified the use of deadly force to protect ...

  5. Patrol dog's biting unarmed woman was excessive force, judges ...

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    A panel of federal judges ruled Tuesday that a Texas police officer used excessive force when his patrol dog bit an unarmed woman for roughly one minute, but it said the judicial doctrine known as ...

  6. The statute is in the Texas Penal Code section 22.06. It boils down to this : Someone charged with assault can point to the victim’s consent to fight as a defense if:

  7. 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 ...

  8. Fleeing felon rule - Wikipedia

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    Under U.S. law the fleeing felon rule was limited in 1985 to non-lethal force in most cases by Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1.The justices held that deadly force "may not be used unless necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious bodily harm to the officer or others."

  9. CBP officer convicted of using excessive force at Bridge of ...

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    The excessive force occurred on Oct. 20, 2019, and on June 15, 2020, while Delgado was working at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry, according to a federal indictment.