| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1975 - 290 pages
...greater punishment, than the law annexed to the crime when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the rule of evidence, and receives less or different testimony...the law required at the time of the commission of the offense to convict the offender. Again, the court says, in the same opinion, that "the true distinction... | |
| National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - Correctional law - 1979 - 470 pages
...punishment , and inflicts a greater punishment, than the law annexted to the crime, when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence,...testimony, than the law required at the time of the offence, in order to convict the offender. " SECTION 6-l02 Id. at 390. Balanced against this mandate... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1198 pages
...CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Ex POST FACTO LAW. Among other things, the term "ex post facto law" includes every law that alters the legal rules of evidence,...the law required at the time of the commission of the offense in order to convict the offender. [Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see vol. 10, Cent.... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1114 pages
...it was when committed. "(3) Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime, when committed. "(4) Every law that alters the legal rules in question merely changes the procedure of evidence, and receives less, or different, testimony, than... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Judges - 1991 - 1304 pages
...to his case constituted an ex post facto law. The ex post facto prohibition Includes any law which "alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives...the law required at the time of the commission of the [offense]." Writing for the court, Judge Souter disagreed, stating that "the change in the law... | |
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