Amin v. State

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In 1995, the Alaska Legislature amended the sentence appeal statute, AS 12.55.120, to place certain restrictions on criminal defendants’ right to appeal sentences of imprisonment. See 1995 SLA, ch. 79, §§ 7-8. These restrictions became effective on July 1, 1995. See id., § 45. However, the legislature specifically provided that the new sentence appeal restrictions “appl[y] to offenses committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act”. See id., § 41.

This case requires us to decide whether the ex post facto clauses of the federal and state constitutions bar the…