In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JV-512016

OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

In this opinion, we hold that the juvenile court neither violated the ex post facto clauses of the federal or state constitutions nor abused its statutory discretion when it committed a juvenile to a locked facility of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (“ADJC”) for a term that exceeded the term recommended in the ADJC Guidelines and Classification Matrix.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 9, 1995, the State filed a delinquency petition alleging that the juvenile committed child molestation. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the juvenile admitted that he had…