Legal Opinion

United States v. Milan

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided July 21, 1983No. ACM 23727PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

KASTL, Senior Judge:

This case1 involves an appalling post-trial delay of 237 days — including 132 days between the convening authority’s action in California and receipt of the case by The Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C. We record here our emphatic disapproval of such inordinate and unexplained delays and recommend specific steps to aggressively expedite future court-martial cases. However, as to this delay, we find no specific prejudice to the accused.

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The sentence was adjudged on 6 May 1982 at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, within the general court-martial…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. BanksUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1979
  2. United States v. ClevidenceUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982
  3. United States v. LynchUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982
  4. United States v. GreenUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1978
  5. United States v. TuckerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. StewardU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984
  2. United States v. BourgetteU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1989
  3. United States v. KingU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984
  4. United States v. DillonU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1983
  5. United States v. KoziejU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984

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