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HB484 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021
HB484 Alabama 2010 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2010
Session
4
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Criminal homicide, common law doctrine requiring death to occur within one year and a day abolished, Sec. 13A-3-4 added
Description

Under existing common law, for the purpose of criminal homicide, the death of the victim must occur within a year and a day after the act causing the death.

This bill would provide that it would not be a bar to prosecution for criminal homicide if the acts constituting the offense occurred more than a year and a day before the death.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature