Supreme Court of Missouri· 11/26/2013

State v. Honeycutt

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421 S.W.3d 410
2013 WL 6188568
2013 Mo. LEXIS 302

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noting that the delegates to the 1875 constitution refused to define the term \retrospective\ because the term already had an accepted meaning
noting that the delegates to the 1875 constitution refused to define the term “retrospective” because the term already had an accepted meaning
explaining that if a law relates to civil rights or remedies, then a court must determine whether the law is invalid because it is retrospective in its operation, where if a criminal law is at issue, then the prohibition against ex post facto laws applies
describing the test for determining whether a law is civil or criminal in nature
noting “the phrase ‘ex post facto law’ applies exclusively to criminal laws”
“[T]he implicit.nature of a sub silentio holding has no stare decisis effect and is not binding on future decisions of this Court.”

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Judges: Breckenridge, Draper, Fischer, Russell, Stith, Teitelman, Wilson

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