Thompson v. United States

CARVER, Senior Judge:

The appellant petitioned this court for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis, requesting that we set aside our previous decision and reopen direct review of the ease pursuant to Article 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866, due to his lack of mental competency on appeal.

*881After review of the record of trial, our previous decision, and the pleadings, we grant the petition for extraordinary relief and set aside our previous decision. However, we deny direct review at this time. Instead, in our decretal paragraph, we order that the…