This relates to our class discussion Tuesday regarding the invalidated Stolen Valor Act. How is this Texas law different than the federal law struck down in U.S. v. Alvarez?
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Penal Code § 37.11. IMPERSONATING PUBLIC SERVANT. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
- impersonates a public servant with intent to induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely on his pretended official acts; or
- knowingly purports to exercise any function of a public servant or of a public office, including that of a judge and court, and the position or office through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.