United States v. Brooks

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAVELLE, Senior Judge:

This ease involves a government appeal filed with this court pursuant to Article 62, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 862 (1988) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The government appeals the decision of a military judge in a general court-martial to set aside the court members’ announced finding of guilty, and his entry of a finding of not guilty instead. We must decide initially whether this court has jurisdiction to hear the government’s appeal, and, if so, we must decide whether the military judge erred. We hold that we have jurisdiction to hear…