Thomas Lang. Thomas Lang was standing at the door of his dressing room, waiting to take his spot at the last Modern Drummer Festival Weekend. The thirty-four-year-old, Austrian-born drummer, now a resident of England, was an unknown quantity to this discriminating crowd. By rights, he ought to have been quaking in his shoes.
California has comprehensiveâand complicatedârules regarding statutes of limitations for criminal cases. The statute of limitations specifies the time period within which a case must be commenced by the state.
To give you a good example of how much variation there is depending on what the claim is, here are the statutes of limitations for some actions within California: 1  Personal injury: Two years. 2  Libel or slander: One year. 3  Domestic violence: Three years.  Medical malpractice: Three 1  years. Breach of written contract: Four years.