United States military courts of criminal appeals

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The United States military courts of criminal appeals are intermediate appellate courts within the U.S. military justice system that review courts-martial convictions for legal and factual sufficiency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the United States military justice system
intermediate appellate court
military appellate court
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
appliesLaw Manual for Courts-Martial
Uniform Code of Military Justice
bindingOn courts-martial within their respective service
canAffirm findings of guilty
sentence
canGrant sentence relief
canModify sentence
canOrder rehearing on findings
rehearing on sentence
canReview court-martial jurisdiction issues
evidentiary rulings
instructions to members
post-trial processing errors
canSetAside findings of guilty
sentence
composition panels of military appellate judges
country United States of America
createdBy United States Congress
decisionForm written opinions
governingStatute Article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
includes Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
Army Court of Criminal Appeals
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
jurisdiction United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States armed forces
language English
legalSystem Uniform Code of Military Justice
levelInJudicialHierarchy intermediate
maySit en banc
partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Department of Defense judicial structure
predecessor Boards of Review
reviews courts-martial convictions
reviewsFor factual sufficiency
legal sufficiency
reviewTriggeredBy appeal by the accused in certain cases
automatic review in qualifying cases
standardOfReview de novo review of legal issues
factual sufficiency review
subjectMatter military criminal law

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Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals
this entity surface form: United States military Courts of Criminal Appeals
CGCCA partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals
this entity surface form: United States Court of Criminal Appeals system
United States military courts of criminal appeals partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense judicial structure