United States v. Private First Class KAMARI D. BEALS

UNITED STATES ARMY COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Before COOPER, MORRIS, and SCHLACK Appellate Military Judges UNITED STATES, Appellee v. Private First Class KAMARI D. BEALS United States Army, Appellant ARMY 20240042 Headquarters, National Training Center and Fort Irwin Robert E. Murdough, Military Judge Colonel Justin M. Marchesi, Staff Judge Advocate

For Appellant: Major Beau 0. Watkins; JA; Major Andrew M. Hopkins, JA.

For Appellee: Major Stephen L. Harmel, JA.

24 March 2026

SUMMARY DISPOSITION

This opinion is issued as an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent.

SCHLACK, Judge: Appellant entered a plea of guilty pursuant to a pretrial agreement, and the military judge accepted the plea as knowing, voluntary, and provident before entering findings of guilty. The central issue before this court is not the validity of the conviction, which we affirm, but the post-trial delay in this case.* Appellant asserts this delay violated his constitutional right to due process. We disagree.

Appellant alternatively argues the delay in the post-trial processing of this case constitutes excessive delay under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), entitling him to relief. See Article 66(d)(2), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866. We agree.

• Appellant did not raise post-trial delay as an assignment of error but did identify the issue per United States v. Grostefon. 12 M.J. 431, 436-37 (C.M.A. 1982).