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.
The statute of limitations is 15 years for rape, rape of a child under age 16, rape of a child, assault with the intent to commit rape, and assault of a child under age 16 with intent to commit rape.