Walk It Through: Closing Time
Remaining unlawfully in a building, peace disturbance, and contact the other will regard as offensive.
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 night at one bar. Self defense, special victims, and the fines for a third peace disturbance conviction 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.
- Fourth degree assaultAttempting to cause, or recklessly causing, physical injury, pain or illness, among the acts the section lists. A class A misdemeanor.
- InfractionAn offense carrying a fine of up to four hundred dollars.
- TrespassKnowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in a building or on land fenced or posted against intruders: trespass in the first degree, a class B misdemeanor.
- Peace disturbanceMissouri's disorderly conduct: unreasonably and knowingly disturbing others by loud noise, fighting or a believable threat, offensive language face to face likely to provoke violence, or blocking traffic. A class B misdemeanor for a first conviction.