United States Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces, 2017

United States v. Morrill

United States v. Morrill
United States Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces · Decided February 7, 2017
76 M.J. 123; 2017 CAAF LEXIS 81
United States v. Morrill

Opinion of the Court

CCA 20140197. On consideration of the petition for grant of review of the decision of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, it is ordered that said petition is hereby granted on the following issues:

I.WHETHER ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS A CMCR JUDGE TERMINATED THE MILITARY COMMISSION OF JUDGE CELT-NIEKS.
II.WHETHER, AS AN APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE CMCR, JUDGE CELTNIEKS'DID NOT MEET THE UCMJ DEFINITION OF APPELLATE MILITARY JUDGE.
III.WHETHER THE ASSIGNMENT OF INFERIOR OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS TO A SINGLE JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL ITSELF VIOLATED THE APPOINTMENTS CLAUSE.

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