Case Name: U.S. v. Elvis R. Garcia
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-17
Citations: 76 M.J. 65
Docket Number: No. 17-0121/AR
Parties: U.S. v. Elvis R. Garcia.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Military Justice Reporter
Volume: 76
Pages: 65–66

Head Matter:
No. 17-0121/AR.
U.S. v. Elvis R. Garcia.

Opinion:
CCA 20150715. 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 CMCR JUDGES TERMINATED THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF JUDGES CELT-NIEKS AND BURTON.
II. WHETHER, AS APPOINTED JUDGES OF THE CMCR, JUDGES BURTON. AND CELTNIEKS DID NOT MEET THE UCMJ DEFINITION OF AN 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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