AFCCA orders sanity board
In a published opinion, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that a military judge erred by failing to grant the defense’s request for an R.C.M. 706 board. United States v. Mackie, __ M.J....
View ArticleNew certified case [expanded]
Yesterday CAAF docketed two certified issues in an Air Force case: WHETHER THE AIR FORCE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS APPLIED THE CORRECT STANDARD OF REVIEW WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE...
View ArticleNew CAAF opinion: United States v. Mackie
We previously noted that the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force certified five cases to CAAF from July to December 2007. CAAF has already decided three of those cases, affirming the Air Force...
View ArticleCAAF issues per curiam opinion in Mackie
In a case we haven’t been following (update: except in an earlier stage, in posts here and here), CAAF issued a per curiam opinion today “to clarify that even after an initial appellate court decision,...
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