Legal Opinion
United States v. Witt
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided July 19, 2016No. 15-0260/AFPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge STUCKY
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Sitting en banc, the United States Ah* Force Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) set aside Appellant’s death sentence. At the Government’s request, the CCA reconsidered, again sitting en banc, and affirmed the death sentence. The case is before us for mandatory review pursuant to Article 67(a)(1), Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 867(a)(1) (2012).
As a preliminary matter, we specified two issues: (1) whether the CCA sitting en banc, had authority to reconsider a previous en banc decision; and, (2) whether it could do so when the…
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