Legal Opinion
United States v. Gorski
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided November 18, 1997No. 97-0034; Crim.App. No. 32230PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
EVERETT, Senior Judge:
This case presents an issue common to many cases now pending in this Court: Whether the 1996 addition of Article 58b, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 858b, concerning forfeiture of pay and allowances has an ex post facto effect in violation of Article I, § 9, of the Constitution. We hold that it does as to any accused person tried for offenses committed before the effective date of that amendment who received, from a general court-martial, a sentence of confinement for more than 6 months, or, from a general or special court-martial, a…
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