United States v. Hatfield

OPINION OF THE U.S. NAVY MARINE CORPS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ON APPEAL BY THE UNITED STATES

LARSON, Chief Judge:

This is a Government appeal of the military judge’s dismissal of all charges and specifications for lack of speedy trial. We find merit in the appeal and reverse.

The appellee was arraigned on 23 May 1995 on charges of unauthorized absence, false official statements, forgery, adultery, bigamy, and false swearing, in violation of Articles 86, 107, 123, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice [UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 907, 923, 934 (1994), respectively.1 Before entering pleas, the…