Texas Criminal Law 101 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Burglary

Burglary has to have the components of entering an establishment with the intent to steal something. Robbery is stealing from someone directly while making a physical threat.

Theft is essentially just stealing from property or someone. Embezzlement is stealing money from a business for personal gain (i.e. The Enron Scandal).

Answer: Capital Murder

Capital murder consists of murdering someone while committing a felony, killing an infant, and elderly person, or an officer of the law. Murder is the killing of a person with the intent or knowledge of committing the murder.

Robbery is the stealing of personal property from someone with a threat of bodily injury. Aggravated Robbery is stealing of personal property from someone with the use of a weapon and a threat or act of committing bodily injury.

Answer: Arson

Arson is the act of setting something on fire that is or is not yours with the intent to destroy it. Criminal Mischief is the act of damaging or destroying someone's property.

Larceny is another word for theft. Vandalism is defacing or damaging someone's property.

Answer: No crime

It would be nothing because in Texas, if someone you don't know enters your home uninvited with the intent to commit a crime, you can legally shoot them. Murder is explained in the above questions. Manslaughter is killing someone without any culpable mental states (intent or knowledge)

Answer: Manslaughter

Manslaughter is killing someone without the intent to kill them. Capital Murder is the intentional or knowledge of killing someone who is either an infant, elderly person, peace officer or political official.

Answer: Aiding in Suicide

Aiding in Suicide because you didn't commit the murder yourself, you helped the person kill himself or attempt to kill himself. Criminal Negligent Homicide is carelessly acting in a dangerous manner and unintentionally or unknowingly killing someone (i.e. shooting a gun in the air and ignoring the possibilities of the bullet killing someone).

Answer: True

A police officer makes this crime Capital Murder, as well as any political figure, judge, child or elderly person.

Answer: True

It is considered to be Failure to Identify.

Answer: Perjury

Perjury is when someone states a false statement under oath, this is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. Forgery is the act of signing something to obtain a good or money illegally (i.e. a stolen check or credit card). Dishonesty by Probable Cause is a made up answer.

Answer: When a police officer induces you into doing something unlawful to obtain an arrest.

Many people assume, for example, that if a man is looking for a prostitute and he asks if she is a police officer and she says no, she is entrapping him. This is not the case. It is only entrapment if she says she's a police officer and induces him into doing something unlawful.
e.g. the key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated with the police or government agents instead of with the suspect.