United States v. Savard

Judge STUCKY

delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted review to determine whether the military judge erred by failing to hold defense-requested pretrial hearings before ruling on Appellant’s written motions. We hold that, when one of the parties so requests, Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 905(h) requires that the military judge hold a hearing on a written motion. However, any error committed by the military judge in this case by not holding such hearings was harmless. We affirm the judgment of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA).

I.Background

While stationed…