Texas Codes

Tex. Penal Code § 12.34 (2026)

Third Degree Felony Punishment

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section TX-LEGstatutes.capitol.texas.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Sec. 12.34. THIRD DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT. (a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the third degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years.

(b) In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the third degree may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 12.33 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1124, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1,1974. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 7, eff. June 18, 1990; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.148, eff. September 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 698 cases (135 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: Pena v. State, 191 S.W.3d 133 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Pena v. State, 191 S.W.3d 133 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See TEX PENAL CODE § 12.34(a) and TEX PENAL CODE § 12.”

State v. Gonzalez, 855 S.W.2d 692 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.34 and Tex.Code Crim.”

Brooks v. State, 957 S.W.2d 30 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See also Texas Penal Code §§ 12.34 and 12.35. Conclusion The majority's opinion is not supported by precedent and is an unnecessary and harmful change to longstanding jurisprudence.”

Bennett v. Reynolds, 315 S.W.3d 867 (Tex. 2010). · cites it 2× “Also, outside the context of cattle and certain other animals, third-degree felony theft only applies to property worth at least $20,000.”

Crumpton v. State, 301 S.W.3d 663 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 12.34 (Vernon 2003).”

Ex Parte Durst, 148 S.W.3d 496 (Tex. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Tex. Pen.Code § 12.34. Although the nature of the offenses and the potential lengths of their sentences are relatively minor in comparison to first- and second-degree felonies, they are, nonetheless, felonies.”

State v. Dickerson, 864 S.W.2d 761 (Tex. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.34 (Vernon Supp.”

Lackey v. State, 881 S.W.2d 418 (Tex. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “A third degree felony is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 and by confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for any term of not more than ten years or less than two years or by confinement in a community correctional facility…”

Throneberry v. State, 72 S.W.3d 389 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 12.34 , 12.42(d) (Vernon 1994 & Supp.”

Means v. State, 347 S.W.3d 873 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “115 (c); Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.34 (West 2011).”

Snowden, Rion Pheal, 353 S.W.3d 815 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). “…568, 582 (Tex.Crim.App.2010). 37 . Tex. Penal Code § 22.01(b)(2). 38 . Yates, supra, at 403 , 111 S.Ct. 1884 . 39 . Tex. Penal Code § 12.34.”

Throneberry v. State, 109 S.W.3d 52 (Tex. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 12.34 , 12.42(d).”

Show all 698 citing cases →

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(2) — 1 case

Price v. State, 866 S.W.2d 606 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(a) — 139 cases

Pena v. State, 191 S.W.3d 133 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). “See TEX PENAL CODE § 12.34(a) and TEX PENAL CODE § 12.”

Golden v. State, 288 S.W.3d 516 (Tex. App. 2009).

Parrott, Ex Parte Jimmie Mark Jr., 396 S.W.3d 531 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013).

Deen v. State, 509 S.W.3d 345 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017).

United States v. Vu Anh Le, 512 F.3d 128 (5th Cir. 2007).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(a)(1) — 4 cases

Tamez v. State, 865 S.W.2d 518 (Tex. App. 1993).

Alexander v. State, 823 S.W.2d 754 (Tex. App. 1992).

Scott v. State, 916 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. App. 1995).

Hern v. State, 849 S.W.2d 924 (Tex. App. 1993).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(a)(2) — 4 cases

Chauncey v. State, 877 S.W.2d 305 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).

Tubert v. State, 875 S.W.2d 323 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).

Evans v. State, 945 S.W.2d 153 (Tex. App. 1997).

Bell v. State, 885 S.W.2d 282 (Tex. App. 1994).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(a)(b) — 1 case

Roger Wildern Jackson v. State (Tex. App. 2015).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(b) — 5 cases

Bennett v. Reynolds, 315 S.W.3d 867 (Tex. 2010). “Also, outside the context of cattle and certain other animals, third-degree felony theft only applies to property worth at least $20,000.”

Tullos v. State, 698 S.W.2d 488 (Tex. App. 1985).

James Edward Grumbles v. State (Tex. App. 2014).

Milton Rodgers v. State (Tex. App. 2011).

Henry G. Montemayor, Iii v. State (Tex. App. 2011).

— Tex. Penal Code § 12.34(b)(2) — 1 case

Bradshaw v. State, 671 S.E.2d 485 (Ga. 2008).

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.