Court Opinion

ID: 7271306
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 07:28:39.042118+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:18:46.786144
License: Public Domain

CCA 201000093. Review granted on the following issue:
WHETHER ARTICLE 120(c) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS APPLIED WHERE: THE MILITARY JUDGE (1) REQUIRED APPELLANT TO PROVE THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES OF CONSENT AND MISTAKE OF FACT AS TO CONSENT BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE; (2) DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENSES HAD BEEN PROVED BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE; AND THEN (3) FAILED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES SUA SPONTE AS REQUIRED BY RULE FOR COURTS-MARTIAL 917.
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