Walk It Through: The Old Charge
Five years for a crime, one for a disorderly persons offense, and no clock for murder or for flight.
A disorderly persons complaint arrives two years after the incident.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Three charges against one person. The seven year offenses and the rules for sexual offenses against minors 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.
- Disorderly persons offenseThe grade below the crimes, punishable by not more than 6 months and a fine up to $1,000.00.
- Fleeing from justiceThe one condition under which the time limits for criminal prosecution do not apply to a person at all.
- MisconductImproper, intentional conduct within a person's control that deliberately refuses the employer's lawful and reasonable rules or disregards standards the employer can reasonably expect. A discharge for it disqualifies for that week and the five weeks that follow.
- Petty disorderly persons offenseThe lowest grade, punishable by not more than 30 days and a fine up to $500.00.
- Simple assaultAttempting to cause, or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causing, bodily injury; negligently causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon; or trying by physical menace to put someone in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.