Walk It Through: The Initiation
Hazing as a violation or a class A misdemeanor, and no drug or underage alcohol charge for seeking care.
Prospective members of a college organization are told that joining means drinking until they pass out.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One house and one night. Other crimes committed during hazing, school discipline, and a sale offense 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.
- CannabisLawful at twenty-one or older to possess, display, buy or carry up to three ounces, and up to twenty-four grams of concentrated cannabis.
- Class A misdemeanorThe higher misdemeanor class, carrying up to 364 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
- HazingIntentionally or recklessly engaging, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, in conduct that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to that person or a third person, including physical contact or required physical activity.
- Physical injuryImpairment of physical condition or substantial pain, the harm assault in the third degree turns on.
- ViolationAn offense allowing no more than fifteen days in jail and a fine of up to $250. Disorderly conduct, harassment in the second degree and trespass are violations.