United States v. Harris

GREGORY, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to Article 62, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 862, and Rule for Court-Martial (R.C.M.) 908(b), the Government has filed an appeal requesting this Court to reverse the ruling of the military judge below which dismissed the charges because Petty Officer Harris had not been brought to trial within the 120-day period specified by R.C.M. 707(a). The Government asserts that the military judge erred as a matter of law in determining that the Government was not legally *796ready to go to trial before expiration of the 120-day period and that the…