Texas Penal Code Chapter 36, 37, & 39 with 100% correct answers

Custody Detained or under arrest by a peace officer Benefit Anything reasonably regarded as pecuniary gain or advantage. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen Bribery A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another. Coercion influences or attempts to influence a public servant in a specific exercise of his official power or influences a public servant to violate his known legal duty Improper Influence A person commits an offense if he privately addresses a representation, entreaty, argument, or other communication to any public servant who exercises or will exercise official discretion in an adjudicatory proceeding with an intent to influence the outcome of the proceeding on the basis of considerations other than those authorized by law. Tampering with Witness The intent to influence the witness, he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding, or he coerces a witness or a prospective witness in an official proceeding: (1) to testify falsely; (2) to withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing; (3) to elude legal process summoning him to testify or supply evidence; (4) to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or (5) to abstain from, discontinue, or delay the prosecution of another. Obstruction of Retaliation A person intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act: (1) in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of another as a: (A) public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant; or (B) person who has reported or who the actor knows intends to report the occurrence of a crime; or (2) to prevent or delay the service of another as a: (A) public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant; or (B) person who has reported or who the actor knows intends to report the occurrence of a crime. Informant a person who has communicated information to the government in connection with any governmental function. Acceptance of Honorarium the public servant solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept an honorarium in consideration for services that the public servant would not have been requested to provide but for the public servant's official position or duties. Court Record a decree, judgment, order, subpoena, warrant, minutes, or other document issued by a court of: (A) this state; (B) another state; (C) the United States; (D) a foreign country recognized by an act of congress or a treaty or other international convention to which the United States is a party; (E) an Indian tribe recognized by the United States; or (F) any other jurisdiction, territory, or protectorate entitled to full faith and credit in this state under the United States Constitution. Governmental Record (A) anything belonging to, received by, or kept by government for information, including a court record; (B) anything required by law to be kept by others for information of government; (C) a license, certificate, permit, seal, title, letter of patent, or similar document issued by government, by another state, or by the United States; Statement any representation of fact. Perjury The intent to deceive and with knowledge of the statement's meaning he makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false statement previously made and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under oath Aggravated Perjury When the false statement is made during or in connection with an official proceeding and is material. False Report to Peace Officer or Law Enforcement Employee knowingly making a false statement that is material to a criminal investigation and makes the statement to: (1) a peace officer or federal special investigator conducting the investigation; or (2) any employee of a law enforcement agency that is authorized by the agency to conduct the investigation and that the actor knows is conducting the investigation. Tampering with Or Fabricating Physical Evidence To alter, destroy, or conceal any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding; Or makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to affect the course or outcome of the investigation or official proceeding. Tampering with Governmental Record knowingly making a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governm