JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPSUnited States Armed Forces

Uniform Code of Military Justice

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Uniform Code of Military Justice

Article 82. Review by the Judge Advocate General.

(a) The Judge Advocate General is the supreme judicial authority of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps and possesses final judicial authority concerning interpretation and application of this Code within the military courts.

(b) Review following ordinary appellate proceedings is discretionary and shall ordinarily be sought through a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.

(c) No party possesses an appeal as of right from an Assistant Judge Advocate General to the Judge Advocate General.

(d) The Judge Advocate General may grant review of—

(i) the case as a whole;

(ii) a particular judgment or order;

(iii) a specified punishment or punitive act; or

(iv) one or more Questions Presented.