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What is the Title of Chapter 20A of the Penal Code?
What is the Title of Chapter 20A of the Penal Code?
"_______" means a person younger than 18 years of age.
"_______" means a person younger than 18 years of age.
"________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a trafficked person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a trafficked person, the person's actual or purported: government records; or identifying information or documents.
"________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a trafficked person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a trafficked person, the person's actual or purported: government records; or identifying information or documents.
"__________________" means a person older than 13 years of age who by reason of age or physical or mental disease, defect, or injury is substantially unable to protect the person's self from harm or to provide food, shelter, or medical care for the person's self.
"__________________" means a person older than 13 years of age who by reason of age or physical or mental disease, defect, or injury is substantially unable to protect the person's self from harm or to provide food, shelter, or medical care for the person's self.
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"________________" means labor or services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual conduct, that are performed or provided by another person and obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion.
"________________" means labor or services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual conduct, that are performed or provided by another person and obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion.
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"__________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: causing a trafficked person, without the person's consent, to become intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, to a degree that impairs the person's ability to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.
"__________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: causing a trafficked person, without the person's consent, to become intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, to a degree that impairs the person's ability to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.
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"________" means real property and all buildings and appurtenances pertaining to the real property.
"________" means real property and all buildings and appurtenances pertaining to the real property.
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"__________" means sexual contact, actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, the anus, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.
"__________" means sexual contact, actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, the anus, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.
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"_________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that impairs the ability of a trafficked person with a chemical dependency, as defined by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code, to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.
"_________" as defined by Section 1.07 includes: withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that impairs the ability of a trafficked person with a chemical dependency, as defined by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code, to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.
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"________" means to transport, entice, recruit, harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any means.
"________" means to transport, entice, recruit, harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any means.
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A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) traffics another person with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced labor or services; receives a benefit from participating in a venture that involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or services. Is what offense?
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) traffics another person with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced labor or services; receives a benefit from participating in a venture that involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or services. Is what offense?
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What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons?"
What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons?"
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What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons" if: actor engages in sexual conduct with a trafficked person?
What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons" if: actor engages in sexual conduct with a trafficked person?
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What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons" if: the actor traffics a child or disabled individual with the intent that the trafficked child or disabled individual engage in forced labor or services?
What is the punishment for the offense, "Trafficking of Persons" if: the actor traffics a child or disabled individual with the intent that the trafficked child or disabled individual engage in forced labor or services?
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An offense of "Trafficking of Persons" is a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor committed the offense in a location that was: on the premises of or within _______ feet of a school.
An offense of "Trafficking of Persons" is a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor committed the offense in a location that was: on the premises of or within _______ feet of a school.
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A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) against one or more victims.
A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) against one or more victims.
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True or False: If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on which specific conduct engaged in by the defendant constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking or Persons) or on which exact date the defendant engaged in that conduct.
True or False: If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on which specific conduct engaged in by the defendant constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking or Persons) or on which exact date the defendant engaged in that conduct.
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True or False: The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 10 or more days in duration, engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking or Persons).
True or False: The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 10 or more days in duration, engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking or Persons).
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True or False: A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) (Continuous Trafficking of Persons) if all of the conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) is alleged to have been committed against the same victim.
True or False: A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) (Continuous Trafficking of Persons) if all of the conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) is alleged to have been committed against the same victim.
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True or False: If the victim of an offense Subsection (a) (Continuous Trafficking of Persons) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), a defendant may be convicted of the offense under Section 20A.02 in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20A.02: (1) is charged in the alternative; (2) occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed.
True or False: If the victim of an offense Subsection (a) (Continuous Trafficking of Persons) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), a defendant may be convicted of the offense under Section 20A.02 in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20A.02: (1) is charged in the alternative; (2) occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed.
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What is the punishment for the offense, "Continuous Trafficking of Persons?"
What is the punishment for the offense, "Continuous Trafficking of Persons?"
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True or False: A conviction Chapter 20A Trafficking of Persons may be had on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
True or False: A conviction Chapter 20A Trafficking of Persons may be had on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
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"_________________" means a proceeding before a court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined.
"_________________" means a proceeding before a court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined.
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Study Notes
Title and Definitions
- The title of Chapter 20A of the Penal Code is "Trafficking of Persons".
- "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of age.
- "Coercion" means destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a trafficked person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a trafficked person, the person's actual or purported government records or identifying information or documents.
- "Disabled person" means a person older than 13 years of age who by reason of age or physical or mental disease, defect, or injury is substantially unable to protect the person's self from harm or to provide food, shelter, or medical care for the person's self.
- "Forced labor or services" means labor or services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual conduct, that are performed or provided by another person and obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Trafficking of Persons
- A person commits an offense if the person knowingly traffics another person with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced labor or services.
- A person commits an offense if the person receives a benefit from participating in a venture that involves an activity described above.
- Punishment for Trafficking of Persons: felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years.
- If the actor engages in sexual conduct with a trafficked person, the punishment is increased.
Continuous Trafficking of Persons
- A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) against one or more victims.
- Punishment for Continuous Trafficking of Persons: felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years.
Special Provisions
- If the victim of an offense under Subsection (a) (Continuous Trafficking of Persons) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), a defendant may be convicted of the offense under Section 20A.02 in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20A.02: (1) is charged in the alternative; (2) occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed.
- A conviction Chapter 20A Trafficking of Persons may be had on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
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Test your knowledge on the title of Chapter 20A in the Penal Code. See if you can identify the correct title for this specific chapter.
