Official Oppression
Chapter 39 of the Texas Penal Code defines offenses relating to the abuse of office.
“Official Oppression”, as per § 39.03 of the Texas Penal Code, occurs when a public servant acting under color of his office or employment:
- intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;
- intentionally denies or impedes another in