California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, D062840 (Cal. App. 2013):
"A statute violates the ex post facto clause[s] when, on its face or as applied, it retroactively ' "increase[s] the punishment for criminal acts." ' Thus[,] the prohibition on ex post facto laws prevents the government from changing the punishment for a criminal act after the act has been performed." (People v. Callejas (2000) 85 Cal.App.4th 667, 670.) "[C]ourts have consistently held restitution fines qualify as 'punishment' for purposes of the ex post facto clause[s]." (Ibid.)
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