United States v. Chandler

Opinion of the Court

Daeden, Chief Judge:

This ease is before us on the issue whether the staff judge advocate’s post-trial review is prejudicially insufficient in that the testimony of a major prosecution witness is inaccurately summarized.

At one point in the trial, the alleged victim of the accused’s robbery testified that at the time of the offense Chandler was “so drunk that he could not control himself,” and “when he came into my room, he was drunk and he had the knife in his hand.” The post-trial review stated that the witness declared accused had been “drunk on the prior evening, but…