United States v. SteeleSteele is a bouncer--ACCA remands for resentencing--back to ACCA--on to CAAF--back to ACCA. In this second appeal, Appellant raised a new argument with respect to the findings that he had not raised at trial, in his first appeal, or at resentencing. The ACCA, however, declined to consider this new argument because Appellant could not show “good cause for his failure to raise the claim in the prior appeal” and “actual prejudice resulting from the newly-raised assignment of error.” The ACCA adopted this “cause and prejudice” standard in part because federal courts use this standard when hearing successive appeals in habeas corpus litigation. In the sole assigned issue before this Court, Appellant contends that the ACCA’s application of a cause and prejudice standard violated Article 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice. We remand the case for the ACCA to clarify whether Appellant waived or forfeited the issue that he raised for the first time in his second appeal. Answering this question is essential to the resolution of the case[.]
United States v. LattinA suppression issue.
I. Whether the lower court erred when it did not apply the exclusionary rule. A full house, in a 3-2 decision answers the questions in the negative. (S.J. Crawford was the third ace.)
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