Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kizak

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 14, 2016No. 1556 MDA 2015PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, Kriz Cecilia Kizak, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following her conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”). Appellant asks us to determine whether the trial court erred in sentencing her as a repeat offender because application of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3806 (“prior offenses”) resulted in an ex post facto punishment. Under the facts of this case, we conclude that there was no ex post facto violation. Accordingly, we affirm.

The trial court summarized the history of this case as follows:

[On January 23, 2015, Appellant] was charged with…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. NeimanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McGarrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. LippincottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. WoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Com. v. Cunnane, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Com. v. Gruver, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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