United States v. Hatfield

Opinion of the Court

COX, Chief Judge:

This is a speedy-trial appeal. At trial, the military judge granted appellant’s in limine motion to dismiss the Charges and specifications for want of a speedy trial. Art. 10, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 810. The Government took an interlocutory appeal of this ruling to the United States Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Art. 62, UCMJ, 10 USC § 862 (1983). That court held that, under the circumstances, “the military judge erred as a matter of law” in granting appellant’s motion. Accordingly, the court granted the government appeal…