PEOPLE v. EARL

Docket No. 145677. Calendar No. 3.

845 N.W.2d 721 (2014)

495 Mich. 33

PEOPLE v. EARL.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Jessica R. Cooper , Prosecuting Attorney, Thomas R. Grden , Appellate Division Chief, and Louis F. Meizlish , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Christopher M. Smith ) for defendant.

Kym L. Worthy , Detroit, William A. Forsyth , and Timothy K. McMorrow , Grand Rapids, for amicus curiae the Prosecuting Attorneys Association.


MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

This case requires us to determine whether the imposition of an increased Crime Victim's Rights Fund assessment violates the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the Michigan and United States Constitutions. U.S. Const., art. I, § 10; Const. 1963, art. 1, § 10. We hold that it does not. Specifically, we hold that the trial court's order requiring defendant to pay a $130 crime victim's rights assessment does not violate the bar on ex post facto...

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