Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 8/24/2011

United States v. Baker

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70 M.J. 283
2011 CAAF LEXIS 698
2011 WL 3760050

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holding that the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals exceeded its authority in de- ciding an Article 62, UCMJ, appeal in making a contrary factual finding to the military judge
noting that in an interlocutory appeal the appellate court is limited to reviewing matters of law and may not engage in fact finding.
“[T]he question is not whether a reviewing court might disagree with the trial court’s findings, but whether those findings are ‘fairly supported by the record.’”
“Because the military judge provided a detailed ruling evidencing an accurate understanding of the Biggers factors and their application to the facts on the record, we give def- erence to his ruling in our analysis.”
“Because the military judge provided a detailed ruling evidencing an accurate understanding of the Biggers factors and their application to the facts on the record, we give def- erence to his ruling in our analysis.”

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Judges: Baker, Effron, Erdmann, Stucky

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