Texas Penal Code Practice 2025 - Free Penal Code Practice Questions and Study Guide

Aggravated Kidnapping is the correct answer because it involves intentionally abducting another person with specific intentions, such as demanding a ransom, using the abducted person as a shield or hostage, inflicting bodily harm, terrorizing the victim or another person, interfering with a governmental or political function, or for some other specific nefarious purpose. This offense is considered more serious compared to simple kidnapping because of the specific intent and conditions associated with the abduction.

The other options:

A. Interference with Child Custody involves taking or retaining a child younger than 18 years old when the accused knows that the action violates the express terms of a judgment or order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

B. Robbery involves intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to another, threatening or placing another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death, or intentionally or knowingly causing physical contact with another person when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative, in the course of committing theft.

C. Leaving Child in Motor Vehicle pertains to knowingly leaving a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is younger than seven years old and not attended by an individual 14 years of age or older.