Walk It Through: Closing Time
Notice to depart, fighting in a public place, 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, the firearm notice signs, and assault on the workers the section names 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.
- Breach of the peaceThe one condition on a secured party that takes collateral back without judicial process, such as a car bought on credit. It may do that only if it proceeds without breach of the peace.
- Class C misdemeanorThe lowest offense level, for which the Penal Code sets a fine of up to $500.
- MagistrateThe judicial officer an arrested person goes before without unnecessary delay and no later than 48 hours after the arrest, who tells the person the accusation and the rights that follow, among them the right to counsel and the right to remain silent.
- Criminal trespassEntering or remaining on or in another's property without effective consent, after notice that entry was forbidden or after notice to depart. Entry means intrusion of the entire body.
- TheftUnlawfully appropriating property with intent to deprive the owner of it, which is unlawful without the owner's effective consent, or when the property is stolen and known to be. The class follows the value taken.