Maybe a dumb question, but is there no statute of limitations on a misdemeanor? I thought the S-of-L in misdemeanors was about 2 years.
According to the source the offense occurred in 1998 and the case had been decided and appealed to the state supreme court by 1999. The jail order, for some reason, didn't come down till 2005, and appeals have been going on since then. States of limitation generally cover the period between criminal act and the filing of criminal charges