The Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals (CGCCA) is the intermediate appellate court for criminal convictions in the

U.S. Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mul ...

. It is located in

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. The Court was established under Article 66,

Uniform Code of Military Justice The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 801–946 is the foundation of military law in the United States. It was established by the United States Congress in accordance with the authority given by the United States Constitution ...

(UCMJ), by the Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard. The Court is normally composed of five appellate military

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s, organized in panels of three for consideration of referred cases. All but the

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have other primary duties, so that their service on the Court constitutes a collateral duty.

Jurisdiction

Review of courts-martial

In general, the Court reviews and acts on the records by affirming, reversing, or modifying in part the findings or sentence in each case of trial by

court-martial A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...

in which the sentence, as approved, extends to death; dismissal of a commissioned officer or

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; dishonorable discharge; bad conduct discharge; or confinement of one year or more. The Court also reviews other courts-martial with lesser sentences if the Judge Advocate General so directs. After CGCCA review, the next level of appeal is to the

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Writ review

Also reviewed by the Court are petitions for extraordinary writs, petitions for new trial which have been referred to the Court, and appeals by the United States under Article 62, UCMJ.

Current Composition of the Court

The judges may be commissioned officers or civilians. As of 2019, the Court is constitutedCGCCA Court Listing
/ref> as follows: *Chief Judge Lane I. McClelland *Judge John F. Havranek *Judge Robert W. Bruce *Judge Brian M. Judge *Judge Jason R. Hamilton *Judge Kurt J. Brubaker *Judge Brian K. Koshulsky *Judge Christopher P. Mooradian

External links

Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals

References