TCOLE Penal Code Exam Questions and Verified Answers Graded A+ 2026/27
"Patently offensive" - means so offensive on its face as to affront current community
standards of decency.
SEC. 22.05. DEADLY CONDUCT - a) offense if he recklessly engages in conduct that
places another in imminent danger of serious bodily injury. M/A
b) knowingly discharges a firearm at or in the direction of: (1) one or more individuals; or (2) a
habitation, building, or vehicle and is reckless as to whether the habitation, building, or vehicle is
occupied. F/3
SEC. 22.06. CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT - The victim's
effective consent or the actor's reasonable belief that the victim consented is a defense to
prosecution under
(Assault), (Aggravated Assault), (Deadly Conduct) if:
(1) the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious bodily injury; or
(2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of:
(A) his occupation; (B) recognized medical treatment; or (C) a scientific experiment conducted
by recognized methods.
Defense not available for street gang initiation
,SEC. 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT - threatens to commit any offense involving
violence to any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal
with emergencies; M/B
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; M/B (except M/A if against fam
or public servant)
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to
which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other
form of conveyance, or other public place; M/A (unless loss of $1,500 or more, then SJF)
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public
water, gas, or power supply or other public service; F/3
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; F/3 or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state,
or a political subdivision of the state. F/3
SEC. 22.08. AIDING SUICIDE. - with intent to promote or assist the commission of
suicide by another, he aids or attempts to aid the other to commit or attempt to commit suicide.
M/C (unless causes suicide of SBI, then SJF)
,SEC. 22.09. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT - alter or add a foreign
substance to a consumer product to make it probable that the consumer product will cause
serious bodily injury. F/2 (unless SBI, then F/1)
knowingly or intentionally threatens to tamper with a consumer product with the intent to cause
fear, to affect the sale of the consumer product, or to cause bodily injury to any person. F/3
"Consumer Product" - any product offered for sale to or for consumption by the public
and includes "food" and "drugs"
"Tamper" - alter or add a foreign substance to a consumer product to make it probable that
the consumer product will cause serious bodily injury.
SEC. 22.10. LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE - intentionally or knowingly leaves a
child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:
(1) younger than seven years of age; and
(2) not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older. M/C
SEC. 22.11. HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES;
HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT. - with the intent to assault, harass, or alarm, the
person:
, (1) while imprisoned...., causes another person to contact the body fluid, or feces of the actor,
any other person, or an animal; or
(2) causes another person the actor knows to be a public servant to contact the body fluid, or
feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal while the public servant is lawfully discharging
an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of the public servant's official
power.... F/3
SEC. 22.12. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT - This chapter does not apply
to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the
conduct is:
(1) committed by the mother of the unborn child;
(2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider
(3) a lawful medical procedure as part of an assisted reproduction or
(4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law
SEC. 25.01. BIGAMY - (a) An individual commits an offense if:
(1) he is legally married and he:
"Patently offensive" - means so offensive on its face as to affront current community
standards of decency.
SEC. 22.05. DEADLY CONDUCT - a) offense if he recklessly engages in conduct that
places another in imminent danger of serious bodily injury. M/A
b) knowingly discharges a firearm at or in the direction of: (1) one or more individuals; or (2) a
habitation, building, or vehicle and is reckless as to whether the habitation, building, or vehicle is
occupied. F/3
SEC. 22.06. CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT - The victim's
effective consent or the actor's reasonable belief that the victim consented is a defense to
prosecution under
(Assault), (Aggravated Assault), (Deadly Conduct) if:
(1) the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious bodily injury; or
(2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of:
(A) his occupation; (B) recognized medical treatment; or (C) a scientific experiment conducted
by recognized methods.
Defense not available for street gang initiation
,SEC. 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT - threatens to commit any offense involving
violence to any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal
with emergencies; M/B
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; M/B (except M/A if against fam
or public servant)
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to
which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other
form of conveyance, or other public place; M/A (unless loss of $1,500 or more, then SJF)
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public
water, gas, or power supply or other public service; F/3
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; F/3 or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state,
or a political subdivision of the state. F/3
SEC. 22.08. AIDING SUICIDE. - with intent to promote or assist the commission of
suicide by another, he aids or attempts to aid the other to commit or attempt to commit suicide.
M/C (unless causes suicide of SBI, then SJF)
,SEC. 22.09. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT - alter or add a foreign
substance to a consumer product to make it probable that the consumer product will cause
serious bodily injury. F/2 (unless SBI, then F/1)
knowingly or intentionally threatens to tamper with a consumer product with the intent to cause
fear, to affect the sale of the consumer product, or to cause bodily injury to any person. F/3
"Consumer Product" - any product offered for sale to or for consumption by the public
and includes "food" and "drugs"
"Tamper" - alter or add a foreign substance to a consumer product to make it probable that
the consumer product will cause serious bodily injury.
SEC. 22.10. LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE - intentionally or knowingly leaves a
child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:
(1) younger than seven years of age; and
(2) not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older. M/C
SEC. 22.11. HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES;
HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT. - with the intent to assault, harass, or alarm, the
person:
, (1) while imprisoned...., causes another person to contact the body fluid, or feces of the actor,
any other person, or an animal; or
(2) causes another person the actor knows to be a public servant to contact the body fluid, or
feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal while the public servant is lawfully discharging
an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of the public servant's official
power.... F/3
SEC. 22.12. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT - This chapter does not apply
to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the
conduct is:
(1) committed by the mother of the unborn child;
(2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider
(3) a lawful medical procedure as part of an assisted reproduction or
(4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law
SEC. 25.01. BIGAMY - (a) An individual commits an offense if:
(1) he is legally married and he:
