United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

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Article I tribunal federal court of the United States specialized appellate court

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is a specialized federal appellate court that reviews court-martial convictions and interprets military justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Court of Military Appeals 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Article I tribunal ⓘ
federal court of the United States ⓘ
specialized appellate court ⓘ
abbreviation CAAF ⓘ
appealsFrom Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
Army Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
service Courts of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
appliesLaw Uniform Code of Military Justice ⓘ
bindingOn service Courts of Criminal Appeals in decided cases ⓘ
building E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse ⓘ
cannotReview purely factual determinations by courts-martial ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtType appellate court ⓘ
createdAs civilian court ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
formerName United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
governingStatute Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver members of the United States armed forces ⓘ
hasChiefJudge Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 5 ⓘ
hasPublication Military Justice Reporter ⓘ
hasSeat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hears certified issues from Judge Advocates General ⓘ
petitions for grant of review ⓘ
hearsCases courts-martial reviewed by service Courts of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
interprets Manual for Courts-Martial ⓘ
Uniform Code of Military Justice ⓘ
judgesAppointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsRequire advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
notPartOf Department of Defense chain of command ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
predecessor United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
reviews court-martial convictions ⓘ
reviewsIssues questions of law ⓘ
styleOfCase United States v. [Accused] ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal law in the armed forces ⓘ
military justice ⓘ
termLengthOfJudges 15 years ⓘ
website https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Justice Reporter → coversCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals → decisionReviewableBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → formerName → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
CAAF → fullName → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Army Court of Criminal Appeals → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
CAAF → originalName → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → partOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
CAAF → predecessor → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → predecessor → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Military Appeals
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → presidesOver → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Military Justice Reporter → publishesDecisionsOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
CAAF → renamedAs → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals → subjectToReviewBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals → supervisingCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ