United States v. Garcia

76 M.J. 65, 2017 CAAF LEXIS 20
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces
DecidedJanuary 17, 2017
DocketNo. 17-0121/AR
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
United States v. Garcia, 76 M.J. 65, 2017 CAAF LEXIS 20 (Ark. 2017).

Opinion

CCA 20150715. On consideration of the petition for grant of review of the decision of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, it is ordered that said petition is hereby granted on the following issues:

I. WHETHER ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS CMCR JUDGES TERMINATED THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF JUDGES CELT-NIEKS AND BURTON.
[66]*66II. WHETHER, AS APPOINTED JUDGES OF THE CMCR, JUDGES BURTON. AND CELTNIEKS DID NOT MEET THE UCMJ DEFINITION OF AN APPELLATE MILITARY JUDGE.
III. WHETHER THE ASSIGNMENT OF INFERIOR OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS TO A SINGLE JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL ITSELF VIOLATED THE APPOINTMENTS CLAUSE.

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