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Collins Vs. Youngblood

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 21, 1990

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  1. Cummings Vs. Missouri US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1867
  2. Gut Vs. State US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1869
  3. Beazell Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1925
  4. Duncan Vs. Missouri US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1894
  5. Calder Vs. Bull US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1798
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  6. Teague Vs. Lane US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1989
  7. Fletcher Vs. Peck US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1810
  8. U.S. 37 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Collins v. Youngblood
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  9. U.S. 37 (1990) Collins v. Youngblood
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  10. in Federal District Court, which was denied. The Court of Appeals reversed. Relying on the statement in Thompson v. Utah
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  11. Although the rule of Teague v. Lane
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  12. one charged with a crime of any defense available according to law at the time when the act was committed, Beazell v. Ohio
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  13. discussion in Beazell, Duncan v. Missouri
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  14. U. S. 377 , 152 U. S. 382 -383, and Malloy v. South
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  15. read to adopt without explanation an undefined enlargement of the Clause. Pp. 497 U. S. 41 -46. (b) Kring v. Missouri
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  16. U. S. 221 , and Thompson v. Utah
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  17. to a term of imprisonment for his offense, and, thus, under the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Bogany v. State
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  18. there was no ex post facto violation. App. to Pet. for Cert. C-6. The Court of Appeals reversed. Youngblood v. Lynaugh
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  19. F.2d 956 (CA5 1989). It relied on the statement in this Court's decision in Thompson v. Utah
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  20. which would not apply retroactively under our decisions in Teague v. Lane
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  21. U. S. 288 (1989), and Butler v. McKellar
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  22. that this Court, despite a limited grant of certiorari, must raise and decide the issue sua sponte. Cf. Patsy v. Board
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  23. on ex post facto laws applied only to penal statutes which disadvantage the offender affected by them. Calder v. Bull
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  24. id. at 3 U. S. 400 (opinion of Iredell, J.). See Miller v. Florida
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  25. Early opinions of the Court portrayed this as an exclusive definition of ex post facto laws. Fletcher v. Peck
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  26. Wall. 35, 76 U. S. 38 (1870). So well accepted were these principles that the Court, in Beazell v. Ohio
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  27. Id. at 269 U. S. 169 -170. Page 497 U. S. 43 See also Dobbert v. Florida
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  28. even though they work to the disadvantage of the accused, do not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause. Dobbert v. Florida
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  29. Mallett v. North
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  30. Malloy v. South
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  31. This Court's decision in Duncan v. Missouri
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  32. Id. at 152 U. S. 382 -383 (other citations omitted) (emphasis added). Later, in Malloy v. South
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  33. a legislature does not thereby immunize it from scrutiny under the Ex Post Facto Clause. See Gibson v. Mississippi
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  34. Two decisions of this Court, relied upon by respondent, do not fit into this analytical framework. In Kring v. Missouri
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  35. Id. at 107 U. S. 228 -229 (quoting United States v. Hall
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  36. F.Cas. 84, 86 (No. 15,285) (D. Pa.1809)) (emphasis deleted). And in Thompson v. Utah
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  37. Clause, as exemplified by the opinions of the District Court and Court of Appeals in this case. See also Murphy v. Kentucky
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  38. United States v. Kowal
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  39. The earlier decision, Kring v. Missouri
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  40. Kring, 107 U.S. at 107 U. S. 228 -229 Page 497 U. S. 49 (quoting United States v. Hall
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  41. Constitution, and is not supported by later cases. We accordingly overrule Kring. The second case, Thompson v. Utah
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  42. was prohibited by the Ex Post Facto Clause. Id. at 170 U. S. 352 -353. The result in Thompson v. Utah
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  43. foreshadowed our decision in Duncan v. Louisiana
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  44. which held that the Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury -- then believed to mean a jury of 12, see, e.g., Patton v. United
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  45. crimes, defenses, or punishments, which is the concern of the Ex Post Facto Clause. To the extent that Thompson v. Utah
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  46. Although there has been some debate within the Court about the accuracy of the historical discussion in Calder v. Bull
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  47. The Beazell definition omits the reference by Justice Chase in Calder v. Bull
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  48. Hopt v. Utah
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  49. to prohibit the application of new evidentiary rules in trials for crimes committed before the changes. Thompson v. Missouri
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  50. The Court's holding in Thompson v. Utah
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