New York Court of Appeals· 5/11/1999
People v. Seda
Citations
- 712 N.E.2d 682
- 93 N.Y.2d 307
- 690 N.Y.S.2d 517
- 1999 N.Y. LEXIS 1143
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- tolling statute of limitations in “Zodiac Killer” case “[i]n light of the extensive and prolonged police manhunts” for the killer
- statute of limitation tolled during any period in which “ ‘the whereabouts of the defendant were continuously unknown and continuously unaseertainable by the exercise of reasonable diligence’ ”
- one purpose of statute of limitations is to “encourag[e] law enforcement officials promptly to investigate suspected criminal activity”
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Judges: Ciparick
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