Legal Question in Criminal Law in Nebraska

second degree assault

Is there a time frame for reporting an assault.


Asked on 5/10/07, 8:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Duke Drouillard Drouillard Law, LLC

Re: second degree assault

It depends on your reason for not reporting it when it happened. Police and prosecutors are generally unsympathetic to crime victims who wait to report a crime until they feel like it. The reasoning is, "If it wasn't important enough to report when it happened, don't bother me now." If you have a good reason for delaying the report, call the police and make your report.

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Answered on 5/10/07, 9:54 pm


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