Walk It Through: The Old Charge
Graded limits, a charge commenced when it is filed, and absence that pauses the clock only so far.
A first degree misdemeanor charge is filed about an incident from long ago.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Three questions about one old charge. The longer periods for listed offenses and the offenses that may be charged at any time are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Course of conductA series of acts over a period of time, however short, showing a continuity of purpose. Harassing is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress and serves no legitimate purpose.
- Domestic violenceAssault, battery, sexual assault, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any crime causing injury or death, by one family or household member against another.
- NonconformityA defect that substantially impairs a new vehicle's use, value or safety. The Lemon Law rights period ends 24 months after the vehicle's original delivery to a consumer.
- TollingA pause in a limitation period. Under the criminal limitations section, the period does not run while the defendant is continuously absent from the state or has no reasonably ascertainable home or work in it.