United States v. Hock

All of these cases involve extensive delay between the time of the decision of the United States Navy Court of Military Review and the filing of a petition for grant of review with this Court. Yet all of the petitions were filed with this Court in a timely fashion following recent notice to each appellant of the right to file such petition. Accordingly, in each of these cases, the issue has arisen as to whether in some way the rights of an appellant were prejudiced because of the lengthy intervening delay. Cf. United States v. Dunbar, 31 MJ 70 (CMA 1990).

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