Which of the Following Incidents Constitutes Robbery Under the Texas

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of the following incidents constitutes robbery under the Texas Penal Code?

• A)Al steals a Social Security check from an elderly woman's mailbox.
• B)Knowing that inventory control in a bar is an inexact process,Maria,a bartender,sometimes keeps for herself cash payments made by patrons.
• C)Howard threatens to tell Julie's husband about her extramarital affair unless Julie pays him $1,000. Julie pays the money to keep Howard quiet.
• D)None of the above is a robbery.

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