Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Statute of limitations in NY state for nonviolent offenders

If you are charged with a crime and you avoid sentencing by the time the statute of limitations runs out what happens.


Asked on 1/09/02, 1:23 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Tanya Robinson TRESQ Associates

Re: Statute of limitations in NY state for nonviolent offenders

It would help if you could give us a bit more information.

Was there an arrest?

Was there a conviction?

Generally how was the sentence avoided? In other words, was it someone's fault, an oversight or was the defendant just difficult to locate in order to be sentenced?

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Answered on 1/09/02, 2:35 pm


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