Penal Code Definitions

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(4) Elements of Criminal Law

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1. The Criminal Conduct
2. The Culpability State
3. Negation of All Defenses
4. Punishment

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Act

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means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, including speech

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Actor

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a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action

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Agency

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an agency, department, division, or office

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Another

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person other than the actor

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Association

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an agency having a joint or common economic interest

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Benefit

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an economic gain or advantage

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Bodily Injury

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physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition

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Coercion

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a threat

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Conduct

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an act or omission and its accompanying mental state

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Consent

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assent in fact, whether express or apparent

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Corporation

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includes nonprofit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute, and joint stock companies

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Correctional Facility

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• a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense
  
• Municipal or county jail, confinement facility, community corrections facility
  

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Criminal Negligence:

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when he ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur.

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Deadly Weapon

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a weapon designed to cause serious bodily injury or death

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Effective Consent

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consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner

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Electric Generating Plant

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a facility that generates electric energy for distribution to the public.

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Electric Utility Substation

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a facility used to switch or change voltage in connection with the transmission of electric energy for distribution to the public.

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Element of Offense:

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1. Forbidden Conduct

2. The Required Culpability

3. Any required result

4. The negation of any exception to the offense

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Felony

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an offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary.

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Government

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The state, county, municipality, or any of their branches

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Harm

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anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury, including harm to another person in whose welfare the person affected is interested.

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Individual

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means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth

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Intentionally:

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it is his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.

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Knowingly:

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when he is aware of the nature of his conductand that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.

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Law

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the constitution or statute of this state or US

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Misdemeanor

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fine or/and confinement in jail (not a penitentiary)

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Oath

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an affirmation

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Official Proceedings

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means any type of administrative, executive, legislative, or judicial proceeding that may be conducted before a public servant.

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Omission

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a failure to act

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Owner

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has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor

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Peace Officer

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a person elected, employed, or appointed as a peace officer

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Penal Institution:

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a place designated by law for confinement of persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of an offense.

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Person:

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an individual, corporation, or association.

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Possession:

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actual care, custody, control, or management.

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Public Space:

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any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.

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Public Servant:

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a person elected, selected, appointed, employed,

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Reasonable Belief

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a belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor.

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Reckless:

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When he is aware of but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur

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Rule

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Includes regulation

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Secure Correctional facility

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a municipal or county jail and private jails under contract

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Serious Bodily Injury

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bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.

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Sight Order

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includes a check, an electronic debit, or an automatic bank draft.

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Swear

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to affirm

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Unlawful

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criminal or tortious or both

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Death

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includes an unborn child, the failure to be born alive