Yes, the prosecutor has up to 1 year to file charges against you for a misdemeanor. The court can send a summons to you at the address they have on file for you. If the address on your driver's license is incorrect, and the prosecutor decides to press charges, the court might end up mailing a summons to you at the wrong address. The court has no responsibility to make sure the summons actually gets delivered to you. So, if the court doesn't have your correct address and they send it to you and you don't receive it, the court will issue a warrant for your arrest. My suggestion is to make sure that the court has your correct address, or make sure you fill out a forwarding address card at the post office, just in case. You don't get off on a technicality if the court sends the summons to you at the wrong address you will still be charged with marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, but you will also have a warrant. Or you can hire a lawyer to look into this for you and find out if you are going to be charged. Your lawyer can probably get the charges dismissed or amended to a lesser offense.
Answered on Mar 06th, 2014 at 9:02 PM