Subchapter IX · Post-Trial Procedure and Review of Courts-Martial

Article 73. Petition for a new trial

2024 Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

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At any time within three years after the date of the entry of judgment under section 860c of this title (article 60c), the accused may petition the Judge Advocate General for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence or fraud on the court. If the accused’s case is pending before a Court of Criminal Appeals or before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the Judge Advocate General shall refer the petition to the appropriate court for action. Otherwise the Judge Advocate General shall act upon the petition.
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Rules for Courts-Martial
Discussion under R.C.M. 202(a) — Persons subject to the jurisdiction of courts-martial
…subject to the UCMJ apparently has ended may, nevertheless, be amendable to trial by court-martial. See Articles 3, 4, and 73. A person need not be subject to the UCMJ to be subject to trial by court-martial under Articles 103, 103b,…
Discussion under R.C.M. 810(a)(2)(A) — Procedures for rehearings, new trials, other trials, and remands
…on the findings and the sentence or on the sentence only; “new trials” refers to proceedings under Article 73 because of newly discovered evidence or fraud committed on the court; “other trials” refers to a…
R.C.M. 1209(b) — Finality of courts-martial
…agencies, and officers of the United States, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial under Article 73, to action under Article 69, to action by the Secretary concerned as provided in Article 74, and the…
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Art. 76 — Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences
…States, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial as provided in section 873 of this title (article 73) and to action by the Secretary concerned as provided in section 874 of this title (article 74) and the…
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