Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronghi
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided June 30, 2004No. 03-0520/ARPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge GIERKE
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Congress passed a bill authorizing the court-martial punishment of confinement for life without eligibility for parole (LWOP) on November 6, 1997. 1 The President signed that bill into law on November 18, 1997. 2 However, the President did not amend the Manual for Courts-Martial to incorporate LWOP until April 11, 2002. 3 The issue in this case is whether LWOP was an authorized court-martial punishment for the crime of premeditated murder during the period between enactment of the LWOP statute and the Manual’s revision. We conclude that the…
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- State v. AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
- United States v. PrittCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2000
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