Offenses against public order and decency

• Author: Elizabeth Berry/George Gallagher
• Pages: 797-890

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OFFENSES: PUBLIC

ORDER & DECENCY

CHAPTER 10

OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC

ORDER AND DECENCY

I. DISORDERLY CONDUCT & RELATED OFFENSES

A. Disorderly Conduct

1. Law

§10:10 Public Places

§10:20 Fighting Words Is Question of Fact

2. Forms

§10:30 Disorderly Conduct

§10:40 Riot

B. Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway

1. Law

§10:50 Requirements for Information

2. Forms

§10:55 Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway (on or after 9/1/21)

§10:60 Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway

C. Disrupting Meeting or Procession

1. Law

§10:70 Not Unconstitutionally Vague

2. Forms

§10:80 Disrupting Meeting or Procession

§10:85 Funeral Disruption (On or After 9/1/11)

§10:86 Funeral Disruption (Before 9/1/11)

§10:90 False Alarm or Report (On or After 9/1/13)

§10:95 False Alarm or Report (Before 9/1/13)

§10:98 False Report to Induce Emergency Response (On or after 9/1/21)

§10:100 Silent or Abuse Calls to 9-1-1 Service

§10:110 Interference with Emergency Telephone Call

D. Harassment

1. Law

§10:120 Specif‌icity

2. Forms

§10:123 Harassment (On or After 9/1/21)

§10:124 Harassment (9/1/17-8/31/21)

§10:125 Harassment (9/1/13-8/31/17))

§10:130 Harassment (Before 9/1/13)

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E. Stalking

1. Law

§10:140 Stalking vs. Harassment

§10:150 Final Conviction Required for Enhancement

2. Forms

§10:155 Stalking (On or After 9/1/13)

§10:160 Stalking (9/1/11-8/31/13)

§10:165 Stalking (Before 9/1/11)

§10:167 Disclosure of Conf‌idential Information Regarding

Family Violence or Victims of Traff‌icking Shelter Center

§10:168 Abuse of Corpse (On or After 9/1/17)

§10:170 Abuse of Corpse (On or Before 8/31/17)

§10:180 Cruelty to Livestock Animals (On or After 9/1/07)

§10:190 Cruelty to Animals — P.C. §42.09(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(9), (a)(10) (Before 9/1/07)

§10:200 Cruelty to Animals — P.C. §42.09(a)(1), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8) (Before 9/1/07)

§10:210 Pleadings

§10:220 Practice Notes

§10:230 Attack on Assistance Animal

§10:240 Practice Notes

§10:245 Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals (On or After 9/1/17)

§10:250 Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals (9/1/07-8/31/17)

§10:260 Practice Notes

§10:265 Dog Fighting (On or After 9/1/09)

§10:270 Dog Fighting (9/1/07-9/1/09)

§10:280 Dog Fighting (Before 9/1/07)

§10:281 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(1)

§10:282 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(2)

§10:283 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(3)

§10:284 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(4)

§10:285 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(5)

§10:286 Cockf‌ighting — P.C. §42.105(b)(6)

§10:287 Cockf‌ighting — Aff‌irmative Defense Under this Section — P.C. §42.105(c)

§10:288 Cockf‌ighting — Defense Under this Section — P.C. §42.105(e)

§10:290 Destruction of Flag

§10:300 Practice Notes

§10:310 Discharge of Firearm in Certain Municipalities

§10:315 Use of Laser Pointers (on or after 9/1/21)

§10:320 Use of Laser Pointers (Before 9/1/21)

§10:330 Illumination of Aircraft by Intense Light

II. PUBLIC INDECENCY

A. Prostitution

1. Law

§10:340 Allegations

§10:350 Mens Rea

§10:360 Offer to Engage Without Intent to Participate

§10:370 Prostitution Enterprise

§10:380 Accomplice Witness Testimony

§10:390 Flesh to Flesh Contact Not Required

§10:390.10 Prostitution — P.C. §43.02(a) (On or After 9/1/19)

2. Forms

§10:391A Prostitution — P.C. §43.02(a) (9/1/17-8/31/19)

§10:391B Prostitution — P.C. §43.02(a) (9/1/15-8/31/17)

§10:391C Prostitution — P.C. 43.02(b) (On or After 9/1/19)

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§10:392A Prostitution — P.C. §43.02(b) (9/1/17-8/31/19)

§10:392B Prostitution — P.C. §43.02(b) (9/1/15-8/31/17)

§10:395 Prostitution (On or After 9/1/13)

§10:400 Prostitution (9/1/09-8/31/13)

§10:401 Prostitution (Before 9/1/09)

§10:405 Prostitution Enhanced — Limiting Instruction — Jurisdictional Priors

§10:405.01 Solicitation of Prostitution (On or after 9/1/21)

§10:406 Promotion of Prostitution (On or After 9/1/19)

§10:408 Promotion of Prostitution (9/1/17-8/31/19)

§10:410 Promotion of Prostitution (9/1/13-8/31/17)

§10:415 Promotion of Prostitution (Before 9/1/13)

§10:418 Online Promotion of Prostitution

B. Aggravated Promotion Of Prostitution

1. Law

§10:420 Indictment Requirements

2. Forms

§10:421 Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution (On or After 9/1/19)

§10:423 Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution (On or After 9/1/17)

§10:425 Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution (9/1/13-8/31/17)

§10:430 Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution (Before 9/1/13)

§10:435 Aggravated Online Promotion of Prostitution

C. Compelling Prostitution

1. Law

§10:440 Party to Offense Could Equal EEOC

2. Forms

§10:441 Compelling Prostitution — P.C. §43.05(a)(1) (On or After 9/1/19)

§10:442 Compelling Prostitution — P.C. §43.05(a)(2) (On or After 9/1/19)

§10:443 Compelling Prostitution (On or after 9/1/17)

§10:445 Compelling Prostitution — P.C. §43.05(a)(1) (9/1/11-8/31/17)

§10:446 Compelling Prostitution — P.C. §43.05(a)(2) (On or After 9/1/11)

§10:447 Compelling Prostitution (9/1/09-8/31/11)

§10:450 Compelling Prostitution (Before 9/1/09)

D. Obscenity

1. Law

§10:460 Def‌inition

§10:470 Value

§10:480 Inquiry

§10:490 Public Accessibility Does Not Equal Public Acceptance

§10:500 Texas Test Stricter than Federal

§10:510 Evidentiary vs. Required to Be Alleged in Indictment

2. Forms

§10:520 Obscene Display or Distribution

§10:525 Obscenity — P.C. §43.23(a) (On or After 9/1/13)

§10:530 Obscenity — P.C. §43.23(a) (Before 9/1/13)

§10:540 Defense Under This Section

§10:545 Obscenity — P.C. §43.23(c) (On or After 9/1/13)

§10:550 Obscenity — P.C. §43.23(c) (Before 9/1/13)

§10:560 Defense Under This Section

§10:570 Sale, Distribution, or Display of Harmful Material to Minor — P.C. §43.24(b)

§10:580 Sale, Distribution, or Display of Harmful Material to Minor — P.C. §43.24(c)

§10:585 Sale, Distribution, or Display of Harmful Material to Minor — Aff‌irmative Defense

§10:586 Sale, Distribution, or Display of Harmful Material to Minor — Defense