United States v. Hendrix

76 M.J. 41, 2016 CAAF LEXIS 986

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• Decided: December 12, 2016
• Docket: No. 16-0731/AR
• Status: Published

Opinion

CCA 20140476. 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 THE MILITARY JUDGE ABUSED HIS DISCRETION WHEN HE DENIED A DEFENSE MOTION TO SUPPRESS RELATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE APPELLANT DURING A VOICE LINEUP.

II. WHETHER ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS A CMCR JUDGE TERMINATED THE MILITARY COMMISSION OF JUDGE HERRING.

III.WHETHER, AS AN APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE CMCR, JUDGE HERRING DID NOT MEET THE UCMJ DEFINITION OF APPELLATE MILITARY JUDGE.

IV. WHETHER THE ASSIGNMENT OF INFERIOR OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS TO A SINGLE JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL ITSELF VIOLATED THE APPOINTMENTS CLAUSE.

V. WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE ABUSED HIS DISCRETION IN DENYING APPELLANT’S MOTION TO COMPEL AN EXPERT CONSULTANT, EP, IN THE FIELD OF AUDIO FORENSIC SCIENCE AND VOICE IDENTIFICATION.

Briefs will be filed under Rule 25 on Issue I and Issue V only.