What types of laws have been found to violate the ex post facto clause?
The following cases are examples of laws found by Minnesota courts to violate the ex post facto clause or potentially raise ex post facto concerns: • An 18-year-old may not be prosecuted in adult court for a crime committed before the effective date of a law eliminating juvenile court jurisdiction over offenders between the ages of 18 and 21. • An offenders criminal history score under the sentencing guidelines may not include a felony point for a previous out-of-state crime which, at the time it was committed, was equivalent to a gross misdemeanor crime under Minnesota law. • An offenders sentence may not include court-ordered restitution in addition to an executed sentence because the law in effect at the time of defendants crime did not authorize the imposition of both these sanctions together. • A statutory defense to a crime may not be eliminated retroactively. What types of laws have survived an ex post facto challenge? The following cases describe situations where the court foun
