Walk It Through: The Old Charge
Three years for most felonies, two for a gross misdemeanor, one for a misdemeanor, and time away from the state.
A gross misdemeanor charge is filed thirty months after the offense.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Three charges. The offenses that may be charged at any time and the other particular periods in the section 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.
- Gross misdemeanorThe crime level between a misdemeanor and a felony, punishable by up to three hundred sixty four days in jail, a fine up to five thousand dollars, or both.
- TollingA pause in a limitation period. The criminal periods do not run while the person charged is not usually and publicly resident in the state.