Assaultive Offenses

You first need to find an actual case of an assaultive offense that occurred outside of the state of Texas. Make sure that there is good information in your news source of the details of how the assaultive offense was committed, who is suspected of committing the offense, where and when it was committed, who was assaulted, and why the assaultive offense was committed.
Secondly, you need to research Texas criminal law regarding the types of assaultive offenses and the essential elements of each type. Your source has to be the official penal code of Texas. You can find the Texas Penal Code in print form or online
In this assignment you will act as prosecutor and decide how to charge the alleged perpetrator in the actual crime case that you selected. In doing this, you will need to consider and answer the following questions: Based on the crime that you researched, how would you charge the perpetrator? Which type of assaultive offense should this defendant be charged with? Why would you charge the defendant with this typeof assaultive offense? What specific elements in your crime dictate how the defendant should be charged?

Your answer to this Writing Assignment needs to be written in WORD with a Times New Roman 12 point font size, one-inch margins, and should be between 2 and 4 pages in length.

In order to receive full credit, your answer has to include all of the following:

A brief narrative of the crime committed. Explain what happened, who was assaulted, who is alleged to have committed the assaultive offense, where, when, how, and why the assault was committed. Make sure that this crime was committed some place other than Texas.
Your analysis should include a summary of the originating State statutes and penal code offense(s)
An explanation of how you would charge the perpetrator of this assaultive offense if this crime had been committed in Texas and if you were the prosecutor with authority to charge this crime. Identify which type of assaultive offense you would charge this defendant. You will need to explain your decision, making sure to tie the circumstances of your crime with the essential elements of the type of assaultive offense that you are charging the defendant. As part of your explanation, explain why the crime does not fit the other types of assaultive offenses under Texas law.
Citation of your sources. APA citations are required

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