United States v. Sergeant ERIC LOPEZ de VICTORIA

OPINION OF THE COURT AND ACTION ON APPEAL BY THE UNITED STATES FILED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 62, UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

MAHER, Senior Judge:

The government’s timely appeal under Article 62, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 862 [hereinafter UCMJ], is hereby granted. The decision of the military judge setting aside Specifications 1, 2, and 4 of Charge I and the sentence is vacated. We hold the November 2003 Congressional Amendment [hereinafter 2003 Amendment] to Article 43, UCMJ [hereinafter Article 43] 1 extending the statute of limitations from five years to the child…