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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Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.