Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 7/30/1999

United States v. Finster

Citations

51 M.J. 185
1999 CAAF LEXIS 1046
1999 WL 561355

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holding that erroneous use of statutorily unqualified person to prepare post-trial recommendation requires new recommendation and action
holding that erroneous use of statutorily unqualified person to prepare post-trial recommendation requires new recommendation and action
holding that the convening authority “has unfettered discretion to modify the findings and sentence for any reason — without having to state a reason — so long as there is no increase in severity”
noting that convening authorities enjoy “unfettered discretion to modify the findings and sentence for any reason -- without having to state a reason -- so long as there is no increase in severity”
describing the CA’s complete discretion to modify the findings or sentence for any, or no, reason, so long as there is no increase in severity
convening authority has unfettered discretion to modify the sentence so long as there is no increase in severity

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Judges: Effron, Cox, Crawford

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