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.
The statute of limitations time clock begins on March 21, 2010. California has a negligence 3 year SOL on property damage and a two year SOL for personal injury. Accordingly, unless an exception applies, the SOL deadline runs on March 21, 2013 for the property damage and March 21, 2012 for the personal injuries.