TRIAL STAGES: Sentence and Punishment:  Generally

2024 (October Term)

United States v. Leese, 85 M.J. 482 (when Congress first enacted the UCMJ, courts-martial adjudged only one sentence even if they found the accused guilty of multiple offenses; in the Military Justice Act of 2016, Congress introduced segmented sentencing in which a separate term of confinement and fine is adjudged for each specification for which there was a finding of guilty when sentencing is conducted by the military judge; so, instead of unitary sentencing in the military justice system, we now have segmented sentencing).

2023 (October Term)

United States v. Flores, 84 M.J. 277 (in the NDAA for FY 2017, Congress amended Article 56, UCMJ, generally, and added Article 56(c)(2), UCMJ, to eliminate unitary sentencing in cases in which a military judge alone sentences the accused to a fine or confinement for more than one offense; in such cases, the military judge must now specify the fine or confinement for each offense; Article 56(c)(2), UCMJ, thus replaced unitary sentences with what might be called segmented sentences).


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