Walk It Through: The Party and the Ride Home
Drinking under the legal age, a loud sidewalk, and a friend who offers to drive.
A college student under the legal drinking age is handed a beer at a house party.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One night of drinking under the legal age, a walk outside and a ride home. False identification, a store's sale to a minor and a crash are left to their own pages.
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.
- Level 6 felonyThe lowest felony level for crimes committed after June 30, 2014, a fixed term of six months to two and one-half years with an advisory sentence of one year, and a fine of not more than $10,000.
- Breach of the peaceThe line a secured lender may not cross when taking collateral back without going to court; past it, the lender has to use judicial process.