I have a friend who four years ago got charged with forgery of a financial instrument. Was releaed on bail, then never heard anything of it again. That was June of 03. Now he is a good man, got baptized, has a family and a daughter but yet is in constant fear of being taken from his family for this charge. Although it happened so long ago he has never been told his charges were dropped, still pending..nothing. Please somebody give me some matter of fact advice for this poor guy. If this helps the guy lives in TX.
2007-01-09 04:23:40 · 4 answers · asked by Lance Carthen 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There are statute of limitations, but not all crimes have them. Murder, for example, never runs out.
Forgery, though, (bad check?) might have one or might not. Some jurisdictions have days where the individual can go in, pay the fine, and leave. He might want to check that out.
2007-01-09 04:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dennis_Yates 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a statute of limitation so people do not have to worry about being arrested 5 years after they committted a misdemeanor. Depending upon the size of the check your friend faces merely a misdemeanor charge.
And he was arrested its likey if there were action to be taken, it would have happen then. If he he did not ran off and change his name.. Its likely the Statute might have been exceeded in his state at the time of his arrest. That would be one reason, why no trial.
Look it up in criminal laws. Different states has different lenghts for various of fences. The lesser the offense, the sooner the length of time one can be tried on the infraction.
If your friend can afford a lawyer they can look up the records on that matter. Or he can talk to the DA, to find out what is happening. usually a forged check includes repayment.
You might not even have to go to your library just google check fraud, statutes of limitations, and TX
2007-01-09 12:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by janshouse justice for all 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statute of limitations doesn't apply here, because charges were already filed. He needs to call the police where he was arrested and get the matter taken care of. If he turns himself in, then it'll look a lot better for him to the judge, and hopefully the judge will be more lenient with him. But the longer he waits....the worse it'll be. He needs to get this taken care of as soon as he can, that way he can go back to a normal life. When he's finally finished with all of this, it'll be a huge burden lifted off of his shoulders.....he'll see what I'm talking about.
2007-01-09 12:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the statute does not apply after he was arrested. what he is now is a fugitive for failure to appear
2007-01-09 12:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by paladin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋