California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cruz, 101 Cal.Rptr. 711, 25 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1 (Cal. Super. 1972):
3. Appellants assert that they were convicted under a construction of Penal Code section 302 which was made for the first time in the charge to the jury (above summarized) defining 'rude behavior' and 'unnecessary noise' in this case. They complain that the application of such construction to them for the first time, and after their conduct, is in the nature of an ex post facto law, and a denial of due process. (Bouie v. Columbia (1964) 378 U.S. 347, 84 S.Ct. 1697, 12 L.Ed.2d 894, 900--901.)
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