Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Phillips v. Massachusetts
450 U.S. 929
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1981-02-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- abandoning the “year and a day” rule which formerly precluded prosecution for homicide if the victim survived more than one year past the crime
- the infliction of injuries resulting in death after more than a year and a day is murder
Citator
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- 11 opinions
Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.