Legal Opinion
United States v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided August 19, 2015No. 15-0186/CGPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge OHLSON delivered the opinion of the Court.*
A general court-martial composed entirely of captains convicted Appellant, a captain in the United States Coast Guard with more than twenty-seven years of service, of wrongful use of cocaine in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 912a (2006). The court-martial panel had no flag officers1 because the convening authority categorically excluded all such officers from the member pool in violation of Article 26, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 825. In addition, the military judge acknowledged that he had prior…
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- United States v. QuintanillaCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2001
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3Cited by15 opinions
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