Rogers V. Tennessee

Rogers v. Tennessee, 532 U.S. 451 (2001), was a U.S. Supreme Court case holding that the Tennessee Supreme Court's abolition of the common-law year and a day rule could apply retroactively to crimes committed before the court abolished the rule under the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. Accordingly, the defendant's conviction for murder was sustained on appeal despite the fact that the victim died 15 months after the defendant struck the ultimately fatal blow.