context: The ex post facto clause prohibits the enactment of statutes that punish as a crime an act previously committed which was innocent when done.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 897 F.2d 1099, 1124
citation_a.parenthetical: "Since conspiracy is a continuous crime, a statute increasing the penalty for a conspiracy beginning before the date of enactment but continuing after-wards does not violate the ex post facto clause."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Terzado-Madruga, 897 F.2d 1099, 1124 (11th Cir.1990) (“Since conspiracy is a continuous crime, a statute increasing the penalty for a conspiracy beginning before the date of enactment but continuing after-wards does not violate the ex post facto clause.”); see also United States v. Paradies, 98 F.3d 1266, 1284 (11th Cir.1996) (“There was sufficient evidence upon which the jury could have found that Jackson’s fraudulent scheme began in 1985 but continued until the end of his tenure as a councilman (1990) ...
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 98 F.3d 1266, 1284
citation_b.parenthetical: "There was sufficient evidence upon which the jury could have found that Jackson's fraudulent scheme began in 1985 but continued until the end of his tenure as a councilman (1990
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Terzado-Madruga, 897 F.2d 1099, 1124 (11th Cir.1990) (“Since conspiracy is a continuous crime, a statute increasing the penalty for a conspiracy beginning before the date of enactment but continuing after-wards does not violate the ex post facto clause.”); see also United States v. Paradies, 98 F.3d 1266, 1284 (11th Cir.1996) (“There was sufficient evidence upon which the jury could have found that Jackson’s fraudulent scheme began in 1985 but continued until the end of his tenure as a councilman (1990) ...