To: OldNavyVet
The statute of limitations does not run if you flee the jurisdiction to avoid prosecution. The statute of limitations is the time they have to charge a defendant, not the time they have to try the case. I suspect charges were filed immediately after his escape.
12 posted on
05/27/2012 12:59:23 PM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
>The statute of limitations does not run if you flee the jurisdiction to avoid prosecution. The statute of limitations is the time they have to charge a defendant, not the time they have to try the case.
The right to a speedy trial is the time between the charge & the trial.
The SOL is the time they have to charge you after the original crime is committed.
If you flee to avoid, that might be a crime that lacks SOL
24 posted on
05/27/2012 2:17:38 PM PDT by
bill1952
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