The Ex Post Facto Clause Is Violated When

The Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when:

A) a defendant pleads nolo contendere to a charge and is sentenced anyway.
B) an individual is sentenced under Federal Sentencing Guidelines that become effective after the individual committed an offense when application of the new guidelines resulted in a harsher sentence than would have been imposed when the offense occurred.
C) a person is prevented from having to bear legal consequences for an act when such legal consequences did not exist at the time the act was committed.
D) the length of a convicted individual's sentence and the amount of the fine fall outside a specified range.