OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
This case is before the Supreme Court on appeal by the State of Rhode Island following the grant by the Superior Court of the defendant's pretrial motion to dismiss an indictment for manslaughter. The trial justice dismissed the indictment because the victim died more than a year and a day after the defendant allegedly assaulted him. He held that the common-law year-and-a-day rule was no longer viable but declined to give its abrogation...
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