Bob turns 21 and goes out and buys his first six-pack of beer. The next week, the drinking age is raised to 22 and the sheriff arrests Bob for buying that six-pack. Bob is the victim of ________

A) the void-for-vagueness principle
B) proximate cause
C) an ex post facto law
D) the principle of legality


C

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