United States v. Fowler

DECISION

FORAY, Senior Judge:

On 18 December 1986, the accused was brought to trial before a general court-martial for 13 offenses of larceny, two offenses of forgery, and one offense of larceny of mail matter, in violation of Articles 121, 123, and 134, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. §§ 921, 923, 934, respectively. Immediately after his arraignment on the charges, the accused moved before the military judge to dismiss all the charges against him because he had been denied a speedy trial guaranteed him under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and R.C.M. 707. The accused argued…