To secure a conviction for the base level or misdemeanor Second Degree offense, Penal Law 135.05, you must restrain another person. When someone is charged with false imprisonment, they stand accused in a court of law of forcefully detaining another individual in a bounded area.False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority. False imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restrains another person without their consent or without legal authority to restrain them. At Collin County Law Group, we want to help you defeat the allegations at the core of the matter, while arguing against the need for a restraining order. The plaintiff's claim in a warrantless false arrest lawsuit arose from a sheriff s deputy s visit to her house to check on the welfare of her daughter. Under our law, a person is guilty of Unlawful Imprisonment in the Second Degree when he or she restrains another person. In the United States false imprisonment can be both a crime and a tort (grounds for a civil suit). It is to be noted that, there is no necessity in a false imprisonment case to prove that a person used physical violence or laid hands on another person. Free Consultation - Call 972-715-1929 - Casey Davis is a former prosecutor who aggressively represents the accused against charges in criminal cases.