State v. Merolla

How courts have described this case

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• holding that criminal statutes of limitation should be construed in favor of the accused
• holding that criminal statutes of limitation should be construed in favor of the accused
• absent clear legislative intent to the contrary, amendment extending statute of limitations operates prospectively only
• “[A]n amendment to a criminal statute of limitations, silent on the question of its retroactive application, must be construed as prospective only and cannot apply to an offense committed before its effective date.”
• statute of limitations in a criminal prosecution is a substantive right

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