United States v. Fortier

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

Since the record in this case fails to reflect compliance with this Court’s directive in United States v Donohew, 18 USCMA 149, 39 CMR 149, reversal is required.

At the outset of this special court-martial, the following colloquy appears :

“PRES: Does the accused understand that she has a right to have civilian counsol if provided by her?

“DC: Yes, sir.

“PRES: Is the accused satisfied to proceed with the defense counsel presently repi-esenting her?

“ACCUSED: Yes, sir.”

In essence, this is the same type of inquiry which he held in Donohew to minimally comply with…