§ 782.035, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 782. HOMICIDE
Abrogation of common-law rule of evidence known as “year-and-a-day rule.”
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 88-39.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 Florida Statutes
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0782/0782.html
- Text hash
- sha256 9729a9545a65d0b960e5b9f6d3b34193e49caf91eef40bdbcc126a4e32c04c6f
- Composed by
- compose_v2.py 2026-10-04: the Legislature's structured HTML read in document order; verify_v2.py's independent reading agrees character for character
- composed from the Legislature's structured HTML (one source of text; no PDF extraction); a second, independent reading of the same bytes agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.