Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals

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The Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals is an intermediate appellate military court that reviews courts-martial convictions involving members of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Article I court
intermediate appellate court
military appellate court
alsoKnownAs NMCCA
appliesTo members of the U.S. Marine Corps
members of the U.S. Navy
appointingAuthority Judge Advocate General of the Navy
composition panels of appellate military judges
country United States of America
surface form: United States
decisionPublication issues written opinions
establishedUnder statutory authority of the UCMJ
focusesOn military offenses under the UCMJ
governingLaw Uniform Code of Military Justice
surface form: Article 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice

Uniform Code of Military Justice
hasAuthority to affirm, modify, or set aside findings and sentences
to order rehearings in courts-martial
hearsAppealsBy United States government in certain cases
accused service members
jurisdiction United States Marine Corps
surface form: U.S. Marine Corps

United States Navy
surface form: U.S. Navy
language English
legalSystem U.S. military justice system
levelOfCourt intermediate appellate level
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
operatesUnder Department of Defense
parallelTo Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
Army Court of Criminal Appeals
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals
parentOrganization Department of the Navy
United States Navy
partOf United States military courts of criminal appeals
reviews courts-martial convictions
reviewsCasesFrom United States court-martial system
surface form: general courts-martial

special courts-martial
reviewsFor factual sufficiency
legal error
sentence appropriateness
subjectMatter courts-martial involving Marine Corps personnel
courts-martial involving Navy personnel
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States
surface form: United States Supreme Court (indirectly, via CAAF)
supervisingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
typeOfLaw criminal law

Referenced by (4)

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

CAAF appealPathFrom Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces appealsFrom Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals hasParallelCourt Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals parallelTo Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals