ACKLEN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Mitchel Westerheide v. State, 767 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)
  …. ex post facto law ... shall be passed.”); see also Bouie v. Columbia, 378 U.S. 347, 84 S.Ct. 1697, 12 L.Ed.2d 894 (1964); Meola v. Department of Corrections, 732 So. 2d 1029 (Fla.1998); Gwong v. Singletary, 683 So. 2d 109 (Fla.1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1142, 117 S.Ct. 1018, 136 L.Ed.2d 894 (1997). A primary purpose of the Ex Post Facto Clause is “to ensure that citizens have prior notice of the consequences of committing a crime before the crime is committed.” Meola, 732 So. 2d at 1032. The prohibit…
• Cassady v. Moore, 737 So. 2d 1174 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)
  …or regulatory rather than punitive, there is no ex post facto violation even if the operation of the challenged statute disadvantages the individual), aff'd, 853 F. 2d 928 (11th Cir. 1988); Gwong v. Singletary, 683 So. 2d 109 (Fla.1996), cert. den., 519 U.S. 1142, 117 S.Ct. 1018, 136 L.Ed.2d 894 (1997); Dugger v. Williams, 593 So. 2d 180 (Fla.1991) (retrospective application of statute mak [*1178] ing defendants convicted of capital felonies ineligible for mandatory recommendation for executive clemency by D…
• Morrow v. State, 914 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …ied: (1) whether the law is retrospective in its effect and (2) whether the law alters the definition of criminal conduct or increases the penalty by which a crime is punishable. See Gwong v. Singletary, 683 So. 2d 109, 112 (Fla.1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1142, 117 S.Ct. 1018, 136 L.Ed.2d 894 (1997). Although section 943.325 is retrospective in its effect, it does not alter the elements of Morrow’s criminal conduct or increase the penalty for his crime and, therefore, the application of the statute is n…