Bar Exam (Next Generation) Flashcards: Ex Post Facto Laws

Study Ex Post Facto Laws in Bar Exam (Next Generation) with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

After a burglary is committed, the state raises the maximum sentence for burglary from five years to ten and applies it to that offense. What constitutional defect does the sentence have?

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ANSWER

It violates the Ex Post Facto Clause by increasing punishment for a completed crime. The defendant may be sentenced only under the law in effect when the crime was committed.

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