In order to be a homicide punishable under this article, death need not have occurred within a year and a day from the date of the injury alleged to have caused such death.
History. Code 1981, § 16-5-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 719, § 1.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1991, p. 719, § 2, not codified by General Assembly, provides: “It is the intent of this Act to make statutory the ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia that the year and a day rule referred to herein is not the law of Georgia.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 16-5-1. Murder; Malice Murder; Felony Murder; Murder in the Second Degree
§ 16-5-2. Voluntary Manslaughter
§ 16-5-3. Involuntary Manslaughter
§ 16-5-4. Time Elapsed Between Injury and Death
§ 16-5-5. Assisted Suicide; Notification of Licensing Board Regarding Violation