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United States Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces
450 E Street, Northwest Washington D.C. 20442-0001

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

9:30 a.m.:

United States v.	Kalab D. Willman	No. 21-0030/AF
(Appellee)	(Appellant)	(audio -- mp3 wma)

Counsel for Appellant: Maj Megan Hoffman, USAF (brief)
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Counsel for Appellee:  Capt Cortland Bobczynski, USAF (brief)

Case Summary: GCM conviction of indecent recording. Granted issue questions whether the lower court erred when it ruled that it could not consider evidence outside the record to determine sentence appropriateness under Article 66(c).

NOTE: Counsel for each side will be allotted 20 minutes to present oral argument.

10:45 a.m.:

United States v.	Jeremy N. Navarette	No. 20-0195/AR
(Appellee)	(Appellant)	(audio -- mp3 wma)

Counsel for Appellant: CPT Catherine E. Godfrey, JA, USA (brief)
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Counsel for Appellee:  CPT Reanne R. Wentz, JA, USA (brief)    

Case Summary: GCM conviction of wrongful distribution of cocaine. Granted issue questions whether the Army Court erroneously denied Appellant's request for a post-trial R.C.M. 706 inquiry by requiring a heightened threshold showing under R.C.M. 1203.

NOTE: Counsel for each side will be allotted 20 minutes to present oral argument.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

9:30 a.m.:

United States v.	Danny McPherson	No. 21-0042/AR
(Appellant)	(Appellee)	(audio -- mp3 wma)

Counsel for Appellant: LT COL Wayne H. Williams, JA, USA (brief)
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Counsel for Appellee:  CPT Alexander Nicholas Hess, JA, USA (brief)

Case Summary: GCM conviction of indecent acts with a child, aggravated sexual contact and assault consummated by a battery. Certified issue questions: did the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals err when it dismissed the specifications in Charge I on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired?

NOTE: Counsel for each side will be allotted 20 minutes to present oral argument.

10:45 a.m.:

United States v.	Thomas M. Adams	No. 20-0366/AR
(Appellee)	(Appellant)	(audio -- mp3 wma)

Counsel for Appellant: Frank J. Spinner, Esq. (brief) (reply brief)
Counsel for Appellee:  CPT Thomas J. Darmofal, JA, USA (brief)    

Case Summary: GCM conviction of aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecent liberties with a child, indecent acts with a child, production of child pornography, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, abusive sexual contact with a child, and sodomy of a child. Granted issue questions whether the 2016 amendments to Article 43, UCMJ, retroactively made the statute of limitations five years for indecent liberties and sodomy offenses charged under Articles 134 and 125, UCMJ, respectively.

NOTE: Counsel for each side will be allotted 20 minutes to present oral argument.