Walk It Through: Closing Time
Told to leave, a disturbance while intoxicated, and assault at 93 days.
At closing time, the manager tells a regular to leave, with a drink still on the bar.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One bar and one night. Self defense, a dating or household relationship between the two, and the arrest itself 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.
- Dating relationshipFrequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional involvement.
- Felonious assaultAn assault with a gun, knife, club or other dangerous weapon: a felony of up to 4 years, a fine of $2,000, or both.
- Disorderly personThe statute's name for a list of misdemeanors, among them being intoxicated in a public place while endangering others or causing a public disturbance, indecent conduct in public, and window peeping.