Is an ex post facto law that increases the punishment associated with the crime after the crime has been committed?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, E056469 (Cal. App. 2013):
An ex post facto law "increase[s] the punishment associated with the crime after its commission. [Citation.]" (People v. Acosta (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 472, 475.) The ex post facto clauses "protect against the later adoption of a statute that inflicts greater punishment than the law in effect at the time of the commission of the crime." (People v. Riskin (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 234, 244.)
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