Florida Statute 782.035 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 782
HOMICIDE

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F.S. 782.035

782.035 Abrogation of common-law rule of evidence known as “year-and-a-day rule.”—The common-law rule of evidence applicable to homicide prosecutions known as the “year-and-a-day rule,” which provides a conclusive presumption that an injury is not the cause of death or that whether it is the cause cannot be discerned if the interval between the infliction of the injury and the victim’s death exceeds a year and a day, is hereby abrogated and does not apply in this state.

History.—s. 1, ch. 88-39.

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Cases Citing Statute 782.035

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O'Neal v. Miller

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-05-24

Citation: 196 So. 478, 143 Fla. 171, 129 A.L.R. 295, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1174

Snippet: same by her last will. Herrin v. Brown, 44 Fla. 782, 35 South. Rep. 522, 103 Am. St. Rep. 182." In the