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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rose, S..

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1 Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rose, S. Anchor
pa · 2015
green “the ex post facto prohibition forbids the congress and the states to enact any law which imposes a punishment for an act which was not punishable at the time it was committed; or imposes additional punishment to that then prescribed.” 4
2 Commonwealth v. Johnson
pa · 1989
green “there is nothing 'retroactive' about the application of an extension of a statute of limitations, so long as the original statutory period has not yet expired.” 3

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