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United States v. Combs

Citations

  • 47 M.J. 330
  • 1997 CAAF LEXIS 95
  • 1997 WL 778275

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  • observing that Combs remained convicted of battering his three-year-old daughter and willfully disobeying a lawful order
  • noting that Combs had served some two years of his sentence
  • noting that Combs had served some two years of his sentence
  • no waiver of Article 13 rights where appellant’s “legal status between trials was so unique that neither the Government nor appellant were fully aware of his legal rights.”
  • “We hold that the defense’s [Mr. Comb’s] affidavit is unrebutted and unequivocally established the punitive intent of command authorities towards this servicemember [in reducing him to E-l during his two periods of full duty status].”
  • unrebutted case for sentence relief established

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Judges: Cox, Crawford, Gierke, Sullivan

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