Legal Opinion
People v. Stevenson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 66123, (Calendar No. 11)PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
In this case we are required to decide the validity of the rule that a murder conviction may not be obtained if the victim of the homicide does not die within a year and a day after the assault.
We hold that the "year and a day” rule is part of the common law of this state; that the rule is hereby abrogated; and that the abrogation of the rule should not, and will not, be given retroactive effect.
On December 15, 1976, defendant Ross Stevenson attempted an armed robbery of the Registrar’s Office of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It appears that while the robbery was in *387progress the…
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