Walk It Through: The Old Charge
Six years for a felony, three for a misdemeanor, commenced with a warrant or summons.
A misdemeanor charge is issued four years 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, the extensions after a DNA identification, and when the period stops running 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.
- BatteryCausing bodily harm to another, by an act intended to cause bodily harm, without the harmed person's consent. A Class A misdemeanor.
- Class A misdemeanorThe highest misdemeanor class: up to $10,000, up to 9 months, or both.
- Commencement of a prosecutionA prosecution is commenced when a warrant or summons is issued, an indictment is found, or an information is filed. A felony must be commenced within 6 years and a misdemeanor within 3 years after the offense, except as the section provides.
- TheftIntentionally taking, using, concealing or keeping someone else's movable property without consent, intending to deprive the owner permanently. Not over $2,500 is a Class A misdemeanor.