Walk It Through: The Old Charge
6 years as the rule, longer for the listed crimes, and time out of state that does not count.
An indictment is filed seven years after an ordinary felony.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Three indictments. Human trafficking, criminal sexual conduct periods, and the DNA rules in detail 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.