United States v. Napoleon

OPINION OF THE COURT

STARR, Judge:

Arlyta Renee Harris was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife in the parking lot of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Noncommissioned Officers’ (NCO) Club during the very early morning hours of 81 July 1993. There were no eyewitnesses, but suspicion centered almost immediately upon the appellant, and she was ultimately convicted of premeditated murder. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a dishonorable discharge, confinement for life, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to E-l. The appellant presents three issues for our…