Opinion ID: 1695145
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: did the procedures applied at the appellant's trial violate the ex post clause of the united states constitution?

Text: The Court of Criminal Appeals correctly held that all the procedures at Pott's trial and sentencing followed the guidelines set forth in this Court's Beck v. State, 396 So.2d 645 (Ala.1980), decision. The appellant's argument that applying in his trial the procedures we set forth in Beck v. State, 396 So.2d 645 (Ala.1980), violated the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution is without merit. The United States Supreme Court in an analogous decision involving Florida's death penalty statute, found no violation of the ex post facto clause existed. See Dobbert v. Florida, 432 U.S. 282, 97 S.Ct. 2290, 53 L.Ed.2d 344 (1977).