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Title V: MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Sec. 545 — Uniform Code of Military Justice: prohibition of review of factual sufficiency in certain appeals before a Court of Criminal Appeals

TL;DR

Section 866 of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended in subsection (d)(1)(B)—(1)in clause (i)—(A)by striking (i);(B)by striking may consider…

Statutory text

Section 866 of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended in subsection

(d)

(1) (B)—(1)in clause (i)—(A)by striking (i);(B)by striking may consider and inserting may not consider; and(C)by striking upon request of the accused if the accused makes a specific showing of a deficiency in proof; and(2)by striking clauses (ii) and (iii).