United States v. Giles

GLADIS, Judge:

This case is before us for the third time. After we affirmed the findings and sentence, the Court of Military Appeals, 16 M.J. 418, reversed our decision as to sentence. On remand we returned the record to the convening authority for a rehearing on sentence or reassessment of the sentence. A rehearing on sentence was held. Among other things the accused now contends that he was denied a speedy trial because the rehearing on sentence was held 291 days after the convening authority was notified of the final decision authorizing the rehearing. We disagree and affirm.

An accused is…