Can a criminal defendant assert a claim against the statute of limitations for sexual assault on appeal after conviction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 21 Cal.4th 335, 87 Cal.Rptr.2d 412 (Cal. 1999):
Deciding an issue left unresolved in Cowan v. Superior Court (1996) 14 Cal.4th 367, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 458, 926 P.2d 438, the majority holds that a criminal defendant claiming the statute of limitations has expired on a charged offense may assert the claim at any time, even as late as on appeal after conviction, as defendant did here. I disagree.
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