United States v. Mayes

DECISION

LEWIS, Senior Judge:

The appellant pleaded guilty to two specifications alleging wrongful use of cocaine. He was sentenced by members to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for 12 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and reduction to airman basic. The assigned error before us, as refined by appellate defense counsel during oral argument, is whether the military judge erred in denying a challenge for cause against a member, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) H.

Military appellate courts, while encouraging liberality in rulings on challenges for cause, have nonetheless accorded trial…