Legal Question in DUI Law in Florida

what is the statue of limitations on a 1985 d.w.i. not a d.u.i. at tie time i think there were two different ways they could ( THE COPS) charge last time in court was 1990 and with a public defender wanted a 5000.00 fine plus i don't remember but about 20 years ago i live in north carolina at this time. also need to know about a statue of limitation on altering fla duval county school sys student transcripts also attempted sexual assault to a student on school grounds this in 1975-76 thanks bob a true unemployed American GOD BLESS THANKS FOR A POBONO REPLY AND ANSWER WOULD BE GRATEFUL


Asked on 7/19/10, 9:11 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

The statute of limitations is probably not an issue in your case. Once they file charges, (usually the DUI ticket) then, generally speaking, the statute of limitations is satisfied by the state. It doesn't just go away after a period of time just because you don't show up for court. In fact, there will always be a warrant until it is resolved. As far as the other charges, again if charges were filed on either the student transcript charge or the sexual assault charge, then the statute of limitations may not be an issue. If they were never filed, then I would need to look at the laws of 1975 to figure out if there was one but I would take an educated GUESS and say that it would have expired by now. The sexual assault might be a different story. Under today's law, there is no statute of limitations on some sexual assault charges. Without taking the time and money to research this, I can't give you an answer regarding the laws of 1975, but hopefully this will give you some idea.

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Answered on 7/19/10, 6:06 pm


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