A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME EMBODYING NEW SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS IS ESTABLISHED. CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REDEFINED AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY AND JUSTIFICATION CODIFIED. SUBTITLE ONE EMBODIES FIVE CHAPTERS AND FOCUSES ON PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION, OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION, ABOLITION OF COMMON LAW CRIMES, TIME LIMITATIONS, PROCEDURAL BARS, AND PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY. ADDITIONAL POINTS INCLUDE CULPABILITY, CAUSATION, SELF-DEFENSE, MENTAL DISEASE, AGE PREREQUISITES, AND INCHOATE CRIMES, SUBTITLE TWO DEFINES AND CATEGORIZES THE SPECIFIC OFFENSES. OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS (CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, ASSAULT, AND KIDNAPPING), OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY (ARSON, BURGLARY, AND THEFT) AND FAMILY AND PUBLIC ORDER OFFENSES ARE INCLUDED. SUBTITLE THREE COVERS SENTENCING PROVISIONS AND DISPOSITIONS FOR EACH OFFENSE, COURT AUTHORITY IN IMPOSING SENTENCE, DISPOSITIONAL ALTERNATIVES, AND LICENSING PROVISIONS. THE PENAL CODE PROVIDES FOR DETERMINATE SENTENCES WITH GENERAL PRESUMPTIONS AND PROVISIONS AND SPECIFIES MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR JUDICIAL DISCRETION. THE CODE ALSO CREATES A SENTENCING COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH JUDICIAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES. CUMULATIVE TITLE, SUBJECT, AND AUTHOR INDEXES ARE INCLUDED. (LWM)