United States v. Crider

Opinion of the Court

Darden, Chief Judge:

This case presents the question whether the United States Navy Court of Military Review may approve a greater offense on further review by a second panel after this Court has reversed the initial panel’s factual affirmance of a lesser included offense.

Lance Corporal Stephen D. Crider was convicted of four specifications of *109premeditated murder and sentenced to confinement at hard labor for life, total forfeitures, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. After the findings and sentence were initially approved below, a panel of the United States Navy…