United States v. Bothwell

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKAY, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted of house-breaking and larceny. The sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for six months, forfeiture of $367.00 pay per month for six months and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade was approved. The appellant presses several assignments of error of which only one, involving the military judge’s refusal to admit expert testimony based on psychological stress evaluation (PSE), merits discussion. We affirm the findings and sentence.

Civilian defense counsel, in an out-of-court…