State v. Shushan

The majority opinion correctly states that Acts 323 of 1942 and 147 of 1942 must be accorded the same consideration and respect because both became effective at 12 o’clock noon on the twentieth day after the adjournment of the Legislature and neither carried an emergency clause. Further, • I agree that there is no conflict between those Acts with respect to the prescription that they establish as a bar to the prosecution of felony cases; each announces a prescriptive period of three years.

But I cannot agree to the pronouncement that Act 323 applies to crimes committed prior to the effective…