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United States v. Acevedo

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Decided April 21, 1999No. 97-1164/CGPublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Judge COX

delivered the opinion of the Court.

I

Two issues for review are presented in appellant Acevedo’s case. The first one questions the meaning and effect of a provision of appellant’s pretrial agreement pertaining to punitive discharge. In essence, the agreement indicated that, if a dishonorable discharge was adjudged, the convening authority would have to suspend it. The agreement did not specify that a bad-conduct discharge, if adjudged, would be similarly suspended, and indeed a bad-conduct discharge was adjudged. Accordingly, the convening authority approved the discharge as…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. CareUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1969
  2. Edmond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. United States v. GreenUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1976
  4. Ralph Henry Cooper v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. KingUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. United States v. LundyCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2006
  2. United States v. SpaustatCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2002
  3. United States v. RockCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 1999
  4. United States v. SmeadCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2009
  5. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2004

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