Case to watch: CAAF grants review in Gilmet

​Wednesday, February 22, 2023
 
Order Granting Petition for Review

No. 23-0010/NA. U.S. v. Eric S. Gilmet. CCA 202200061. On consideration of the petition for grant of review of the decision of the United States Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals on appeal by the United States under Article 62, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 862 (2018), it is ordered that said petition is hereby granted on the following issue:
 
WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE ERRED WHEN HE FOUND THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROVE THAT UNLAWFUL COMMAND INFLUENCE (1) WOULD NOT AFFECT THE PROCEEDINGS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, AND (2) HAS NOT PLACED AN INTOLERABLE STRAIN ON THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM.