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.
A statute of limitations is the term used by the legal system to define the time limits for initiating claims or other legal actions. These time limits will vary from state to state. For example, in California, you have the following amounts of time to file a lawsuit for cases regarding auto insurance: