TEXAS PENAL CODE EXAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What crime, if any, is committed when a person cause the telephone of
another to repeatedly ring, makes repeated phone calls, or makes
repeated phone calls, or makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to
hang up or disengage the connection?
a. No offense-this is a matter to be handled by the phone company
b. Disorderly conduct
c. Harassment
d. False alarm or report
e. Stalking – ANSWER- Harassment
Sec. 42.062
A man restricts his wife’s movements without her consent by confining
her in their bedroom; after a day passes he lets her go free. What crime,
if any, did the man commit?
a. Kidnapping
b. Unlawful restraint
c. Domestic violence
d. No offense because they are married – ANSWER- Unlawful restraint<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sec. 20.02
A person retains a child younger than 18, knowing this violates the
express terms of a judgment. According to the Penal Code, what offense
has been committed?
a. Interference with child custody
b. Harboring runaway child
c. Agreement to abduct from custody
d. Enticing a child – ANSWER- Interference with child custody
Sec. 25.03
A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges
against the individual. The person has committed
a. assault
b. criminal mischief
c. retaliation
d. aggravated assault
e. no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded – ANSWER\u0002aggravated assault
Sec. 22.02
Suspect A enters a convenience store, puts his hand in his pocket and
points a gun at the clerk through his jacket while demanding “all the
money in the cash register.” Although the clerk did not see the gun, she<\/p>\n\n\n\n
heard Suspect A pull back the weapon’s hammer. The clerk puts the a. severance
money into a sack and hands it to Suspect A, who runs out of the store.
Suspect A is caught and charged with
a. burglary
b. robbery
c. aggravated robbery
d. deadly assault – ANSWER- robbery
Sec. 29.02
Which of the following is not a type of weapon that is defined in the
statute governing Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon (UCW)?
a. Handgun
b. Shotgun
c. Poniard
d. Spear – ANSWER- Shotgun
Sec. 46.02
A __<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> means the commission of two or more offenses,
regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more
than one person or item of property if (a) the offenses are committed
pursuant to the same transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions
that are connected or constitute a common scheme or plan, or (b) the
offenses are the repeated commission of the same or similar offenses
(3.01).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b. criminal episode
c. combination
d. riot
e. conspiracy – ANSWER- criminal episode
Sec. 3.01
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have the right to
occupy. The person refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no
longer legal. He committed
a. burglary
b. criminal trespass
c. disorderly conduct
d. violation of verbal order – ANSWER- criminal trespass
Sec. 30.05
A man with a knife is standing 75 feet away from another man that is
getting into a vehicle. The man with the knife is screaming that he is
going to kill the other. The driver gets into his vehicle, drives over to the
man with the knife, and shoots the man with the knife; the victim of the
shooting dies. What offense, in any, was committed?
a. None-this was self-defense
b. Murder
c. Manslaughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n