Legal Opinion

United States v. Dixon

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Decided March 30, 2015No. 14-0157/AFPublished

1Opinion of the Court

CCA S32061. On consideration of the granted issue, 73 M.J. 138 (C.A.A.F. 2013), and the judgment of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, United States v. Dixon, No. S32061 (A.F. Ct. Crim. App. Sep. 4, 2013), we conclude that the appointment of Laurence Soybel as an appellate military judge was unconstitutional and fundamentally deficient, and that therefore the issue of his participation on the panel was not waived by a failure to object. See United States v. Jones, 74 M.J. 95 (C.A.A.F. 2015). Therefore, it is ordered that the judgment of the United States Air Force Court of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2015

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