Charles D. Young v. Larry Norris

Summary

The court dismissed Young's appeal from the denial of his habeas petition because he failed to show that the trial court lacked jurisdiction or that his commitment was facially invalid. It rejected his argument that the 1987 amendment extending the limitations period for rape of a child applied ex post facto, holding that the amendment neither criminalized previously innocent conduct nor increased punishment and was enacted before the original limitations period expired. Young's motions were therefore moot.