Cornier v. Sawyer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that if an accused is aware of the convening authority’s “personal interest” in a case and fails to object, the accused waives the issue
• holding defect in referral by accuser not jurisdictional
• holding defect in referral by accuser not jurisdictional
• issue of convening authority’s disqualification to refer case waived by knowing failure to raise it at court-martial
• “We are inclined to believe that generally a violation of Article 22(b) is waived if an accused and his counsel are well aware thereof and make no objection or protest at trial.”
• “We are inclined to believe that generally a violation of Article 22(b) is waived if an accused and his counsel are well aware thereof and make no objection or protest at trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).