At issue on the merits was whether a National Guard chief warrant officer was subject to state court-martial jurisdiction for offenses committed outside periods of inactive-duty training (IDT). Held, citing United States v. Wolpert, 75 M.J. 777 (Army Ct. Crim. App. 2016), and two earlier federal military cases, there was no personal jurisdiction where the offenses occurred when the accused was not in a duty status.
The majority also held that the State Supreme Court had appellate jurisdiction despite CW4 Adam S. Childers' conditional guilty plea.
State military justice is one of the least studied areas of military law, perhaps because there are so few reported decisions.
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