Labels:book | bulletin board | poster | reckoner OCR: the statutory change in did not violate the prohibition. The distinction between the cases turns upon the issue of whether the new statute makes more harsh the punishment being imposed If it does. then it violates the Post Facto Clause; if it does not ther there is no violation This Court revisited the "procedural" question in Collins 1 Youngblood, supra Several of our cases have described "procedural" those changes which, even though they to the disadvantage the accused. do not violate the Post Facto Clause While these cases do not explicitly define what they mean by the pioM "procedural, logical to think that the term refers changes procedures whith criminal case adjudicated, papodeo changes substantive law of crimes 497 U.S a [citations omitted] This Court found an element of confusion ...
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