United States v. Annis

74 M.J. 329, 2015 CAAF LEXIS 856

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• Decided: March 30, 2015
• Docket: No. 14-0125/AF
• Status: Published

Opinion

CCA 38001. On consideration of the granted issue, 73 M.J. 138 (C.A.A.F. 2013), and the judgment of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, United States v. Annis, No. 38001 (A.F. Ct. Crim. App. Aug. 19, 2013), we conclude that the appointment of Laurence Soybel as an appellate military judge was unconstitutional and fundamentally deficient, and that therefore the issue of his participation on the panel was not waived by a failure to object. See United States v. Jones, 74 M.J. 95 (C.A.A.F. 2015). Therefore, it is ordered that the judgment of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals is reversed, and the record is returned to the Judge Advocate General of • the Air Force for remand to the Court of Criminal Appeals for a new review under Article 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866 (2012), before a properly constituted panel of that court.