Supreme Court· 6/21/1990

Collins v. Youngblood

Citations

497 U.S. 37
110 S. Ct. 2715
111 L. Ed. 2d 30
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3294
58 U.S.L.W. 4855

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holding that labeling a law as procedural does not immunize it from scrutiny for an ex post facto violation
holding that procedural statutes are exempt from the ex post facto prohibition
holding Teague rule not “jurisdictional” in sense that Court was obligated to raise mat ter sua sponte, and considering petitioner’s claims on the merits because government did not rely on Teague
stating that under the Ex Post Facto Clause, legislatures may not retroactively increase the punishment for criminal acts
entertaining an ex post facto challenge when the court denied the defendant's habeas petition based on a Texas statute passed after the respondent’s crime
identifying the types of ex post facto laws without mentioning the fourth category

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Judges: Rehnquist, White, Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Stevens, Brennan, Marshall

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