Eichelberger v. State, 916 S.W.2d 109 (Ark. 1996)

Cases | Eichelberger v. State, 916 S.W.2d 109 (Ark. 1996) | 2018

The defendants were adjudged to be delinquents, and were ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,956.47 to one of the victims, and less than $2,000 to the other victims. The defendants appealed, arguing that the application of restitution statutes that were enacted after the defendants destroyed the property at issue violated the Ex Post Facto Clause. The Supreme Court of Arkansas reversed and remanded, in part, noting that the application of Acts 61 and 62 of 1994 constituted a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause because they increased the burden of the punishment to the juveniles after the crime was committed.