Legal Opinion
United States v. Bess
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided January 6, 2016No. 15-0372/NAPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge STUCKY
delivered the opinion of the Court. 1
This case requires us to address the proper application of Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 921(b), which allows the military judge, “in the exercise of discretion,” to grant a request from the court members that “the court-martial be reopened and ... additional evidence introduced.” Here, the military judge received a request from the members for,' inter alia, certain muster reports, after their deliberations had begun. Although the muster reports were properly admissible as business records, we hold that the military judge abused his…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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