Webb v. United States

FRANCIS, Senior Judge:

Multiple charges were preferred against the petitioner on 11 December 2008, with an additional charge preferred on 19 December 2008. By order of 24 December 2008, all charges were referred to trial by general court-martial. At the start of his trial on 5 January 2009, prior to entering pleas, the petitioner moved to dismiss all charges and specifications, arguing that he was discharged from the Air Force effective 23 October 2008 and that the court-martial therefore lacked in personam jurisdiction. After an evidentiary hearing on the issue, the military judge denied the…