BILL NUMBER:  SB 1088
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2016




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1088 without my signature.

This bill states that a criminal complaint may be filed within one
year after an individual is identified by law enforcement as a
suspect in the concealment of an accidental death.

Such identification could take place years or even decades later.  I
believe that the statute of limitations for most crimes, especially
misdemeanors, should have a defined limit.  Allowing the statute to
commence when a suspect has been identified, with no other
parameters, serves to undermine the very purpose of a limitations
period.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.