Archive for May 30th, 2009
Statute of limitations
by Maddog on May.30, 2009, under Court, SelfDefense
One day in June of 2007, I received a summons from a District Magistrate in Dauphin County.
It turned out to be a private criminal complaint filed by the West Hanover Township manager, accusing me of failure to file an earned income tax return. The first thing I found interesting was the fact that I was being accused of failure to file by April 15, 2003, for the tax year 2002. Here’s the problem: I was not a resident nor worked in West Hanover Township at anytime during the year 2002. So they did not have jurisdiction.
Now the average chicken neck American craps his pants when he receives a court summons. I was laughing at the weakness of the case. They had none. Even if I did reside or work in West Hanover Township at any point in 2002, the burden of proof was on the prosecution. So I decided to do some legal research. (continue reading…)
