Does a defendant who committed a crime under a different sentencing scheme that existed at the time he committed the crime be sentenced to a different sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Govea, C088413 (Cal. App. 2020):
Ex post facto provisions of the California and federal Constitutions mandate sentencing a defendant under the scheme that existed at the time he committed his crime, if a later sentencing scheme exposes defendant to greater punishment. (See People v. Riskin (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 234, 244.)
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