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.
For example, California law has the following limitations: 1  Bankruptcies that, from the date of adjudication, antedate the report by more than 10 years. 2  Suits that, from the date of filing, and satisfied judgments that, from the date of entry, antedate the report by more than seven years.