Penal Code
How many people constitute a riot?
7 or more
Texas liquor stores (Package stores) are allowed to operate during what hours?
10:00 - 21:00
An officer taking a child into custody may issue a warning notice to the child in lieu of taking the child into custody. When he does so, he must submit forms to 4 different people/agencies. Name any 3 of them.
Any 3 of the following: The child, the parent, the PD files, and the juvenile court
There are 4 principals of procedural justice. Name at least 3.
voice
respect
neutrality
trustworthy motives
Xander, Meghan, and Anthony need money for smokes. Every Thursday for the past month, they go to Best Buy. Meghan and Anthony distracts the employees, and Xander throws a microwave in his backpack. They leave and sell the item and split the proceeds. What offense have they committed?
Organized Retail Theft
The following definition is for what word?
parking lots, the grounds, all buidings, vehicles and appurtenances pertaining to the grounds, including any adjacent premises if they are directly or indirectly under the control of the same person.
Premises
Penny goes to a convenience store and steals a 12 pack of 0 calorie bud light. On his way out of the store, he punches a 10 year old child standing in the doorway who tried to stop him. Causing pain. What offenses has Penny committed.
Robbery and injury to a child. A 10 year old being hurt does not constitute an aggrevating factor for robbery.
Name at least 2 holidays that liqour stores (Package stores) must be closed during.
Any 2 of the following: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
Under what circumstances may you leave a child unattended in a JPO?
Under no circumstances.
Daisy breaks into a home with the intent to steal from their safe. She knows it contains $5k, and has acquired the combination to it through illicit means. During the course of this. The families 12 year old child sees her, and hides. At no point during this series of events does Daisy even know the child is there. What offense has Daisy committed?
Burglary. She has entered a habitation with intent to steal. As Daisy did not know the child was there, she did not have the CMS to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly threaten the child. And there is no such thing as aggrevated burglary.
It is an offense to have an open container of alcohol within what distance of any school?
1000 ft
What information, if any, should be redacted from a report involving a child that is given to your agency?
You should not redact any information given to your agency. Your agency will redact information as necessary.
JC succumbs to the inate pyromania inherent to all people looking for a job in the fire service. He sets up a burn drum, and takes all reasonable precautions to avoid reckless behavior and to keep the fire under control and lights a very large fire. An ember from the fire lands on his neighbors property and sets it on fire. JC calls 911 for the fire. What offense has JC committed?
None. Arson (28.02) requires intentional for the culpable mental state. JC as shown did not intend to cause damage or destroy anything.
What is the legal definition of a alcoholic beverage?
Any beverage containing more than one half of one percent alcohol. (.5% <)