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Youngblood (D) was convicted in a Texas court of aggravated sexual abuse. D was imprisoned for life, and a $10,000 fine was imposed. D applied for a writ of habeas corpus in that the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure did not allow for a fine in addition to a term of imprisonment and as such D was entitled to a new trial. Based on the Bogany case, the District Court recommended that the writ be granted. Before this habeas writ was considered a new statute designed to obsolete the Bogany case was passed. The Court of Appeals then decided D's case based on the new statute and reformed D's verdict by ordering a deletion of the fine and then denied his request for a new trial. The United States Court of Appeals reversed finding that the new Texas statute was an ex post facto law. The writ was ordered. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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