United States v. Castellani

EN BANC DECISION

BAUM, Chief Judge:

Appellant has assigned seven errors before this Court. Assignment IV, which asserts prejudice and denial of due process of law resulting from inordinate delay in the post trial review of the case, was orally argued and will be addressed. The remaining assignments have been considered and are rejected.

In assignment of error IV, appellant makes two distinct arguments. The first relates to delay prior to the action of the convening authority; the other applies to subsequent delay at the appellate level. With respect to the 263 days of elapsed time from…