Texas Criminal Jury Charges

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REVISION 25 HIGHLIGHTS

This 25th revision of Texas Criminal Jury Charges continues the more than two-decade legacy of the title as the leading source of criminal jury charges in the state, relied upon by both judges and attorneys. New and updated sections include:

CHAPTER 6 – OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

• §6:1770 Indecent Assault (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (Penal Code §22.012; Class A
  Misdemeanor)
• §6:1771 Indecent Assault — Prior Conviction (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (State Jail Felony)
• §6:1772 Indecent Assault — Health Care or Mental Health Services Provider (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW
  CHARGE (State Jail Felony)
• §6:1773 Indecent Assault — Health Care or Mental Health Services Provider with Prior Conviction (On or After
  9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (Third Degree Felony)
• §6:1774 Indecent Assault — Disabled Individual or Elderly Individual (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE
  (Second Degree Felony)

CHAPTER 8 – OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

• §8:495 Aggravated Robbery — Updated with new CCA jury unanimity ruling: Aggravated Robbery under
  §29.02(a)(1) and §29.02(a)(2) are the same offense; State may allege both means in the disjunctive (Floyd v.
  State, 714 S.W.3d 9 (Tex.Crim.App. 2024))
• §8:1340 Organized Retail Theft (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (Penal Code §31.16; Class B
  Misdemeanor through First-Degree Felony based on value)
• §8:1370 Mail Theft (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (Penal Code §31.20; multiple penalty tiers
  based on number of addressees or negotiable instruments; enhanced for elderly/disabled victims)

CHAPTER 9 – OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• §9:160 Retaliation — Updated practice notes with new authority on the retributory element requirement
  and 1997 legislative expansion of the offense

CHAPTER 10 – OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY

• §10:419 Continuous Promotion of Prostitution (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (Penal Code §43.032;
  First-Degree Felony). Covers conduct where a person engages two or more times within a 30-or-more-day
  period in promotion of prostitution; includes unanimity instruction
• §10:560 Possession, Promotion, or Production of Certain Visual Material Appearing to Depict Child (P.C.
  §43.235) (On or After 9/1/25) — UPDATED CHARGE. Expanded to include new manner and means: using
  an image of an actual child to train an AI model to produce child pornography
•  §10:565 Possession, Promotion, or Production of Certain Visual Material Appearing to Depict Child — AI
  Training (P.C. §43.235(b)(2)) (On or After 9/1/25) — NEW CHARGE (State Jail Felony; enhanced for prior
  convictions). Covers using an image of an actual child under 18 with intent to train an AI model to produce child
  pornography

AND MORE!

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