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    AmandaLaw28 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 2, 2009, 12:31 AM
    Statue of limitations
    Can a person that has been to court on their case have charges added at a later date on the same case? How long does to police have to charge you with something?
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    Feb 2, 2009, 01:27 AM

    Can you give a little more information? Also, how long do the police have to charge you with what?? Thanks.
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    Feb 2, 2009, 06:55 AM

    Charges are often changed, reduced or even added. For example you may be charged with robbery, but if they find in the investigation latter you had a gun, or even someone with you had a gun charges will be added.
    Also lets say you broke a window in the robbey, the charge of damage ot property can also be added.

    This is often done as a ploy to try and force you into a plea agreement, or if they believe they may loose a major charge they add minor ones to at least get a conviction

    Your attoreny should be use to this and be helping you
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    Feb 15, 2009, 01:13 AM

    Yep. It happened to me. I took a plea on a misdemeanor offense thought it was all over with but I got a certified letter in the mail 3 months later for a felony charge that I am dealing with now.
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    Feb 15, 2009, 10:01 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jules3456 View Post
    yep. It happened to me. I took a plea on a misdemeanor offense thought it was all over with but I got a certified letter in the mail 3 months later for a felony charge that I am dealing with now.
    What? Geeeesh! I don't know who to trust. Not all judges. Not all lawyers. Not all... well the list goes one. I guess just not all people in general. There's good and bad in any profession but unfortunately you rarely see justice done. At least not for myself.

    Re: This thread/post... This hasn't happened to me but I just don't have faith anymore in the system. Sorry this happened to you(s) and I'm sure thousands, if not millions, of others. Not too happy with this crazy world we live in. There's good and bad. Hopefully someday the good will outweigh the bad.

    Would you mind elaborating on what it was that happened and what they did to you or is it too personal? Too personal? Understood.
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    Feb 16, 2009, 07:43 AM

    Yes, they can - conditions and circumstances do not matter.

    The answer - as FrChuck said - is yes.

    This is why Attorneys were invented.
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