On 12 October 2017, the CAAF granted petitions worthy of watching:
No. 17-0556/AR. U.S. v. Joseph R. Armstrong. CCA 20150424. On consideration of the petition for grant of review of the decision of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, it is ordered that said petition is hereby granted on the following issue:
WHETHER ASSAULT CONSUMMATED BY A BATTERY IS A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT BY CAUSING BODILY HARM.
No. 17-0559/AR. U.S. v. Eric F. Kelly. CCA 20150725. On consideration of the petition for grant of review of the decision of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, it is ordered that said petition is hereby granted on the following issue:
WHETHER A COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DISAPPROVE A MANDATORY MINIMUM PUNITIVE DISCHARGE.