Walk It Through: The Old Charge
Two years for a misdemeanor, three for family violence assault, and a clock that can start at 18.
A misdemeanor charge arrives for something said to have happened years ago.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Three charges against one person. What stops the clock, how a charge counts as presented, and the offenses with no limitation 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.
- Family violenceAn act by a member of a family or household against another member intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault or sexual assault, or a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of it. It also includes child abuse and dating violence.
- 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.