SB357 Alabama 2010 Session
Updated Jul 26, 2021
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Roger Bedford, Jr.Democrat- 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
Indefinitely Postponed
Judiciary first Amendment Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature