Court Opinion

ID: 7271148
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 07:28:24.608289+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:18:46.734348
License: Public Domain

CCA 20080009. 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 issue raised by appellate defense counsel:
WHETHER THE ARMY COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS INCORRECTLY FOUND THAT THE MILITARY JUDGE’S FAILURE TO INSTRUCT ON NECESSARY ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENSE WAS HARMLESS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
And the following issue specified by the Court:
WHETHER THE ARMY COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ERRED AS A MATTER OF LAW WHEN IT HELD THAT THE MILITARY JUDGE’S INSTRUCTION ON 18 U.S.C. 2422(B), WHICH INSTRUCTION USED THE TERM “INTERNET” INSTEAD OF “ANY FACILITY OR MEANS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE” WAS NOT HARMLESS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
Briefs will be filed under Rule 25.