United States v. Collins

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Chief Judge:

Airman First Class Ronald Collins was convicted of selling lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and communicating a threat.1 He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 1 year, forfeiture of $200 pay per month for 12 months and reduction to Airman Basic.

We granted two issues in this case, the first one being:

WHETHER THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE ERRED IN PREPARING THE POST-TRIAL ADVICE WHEN THE PRETRIAL ADVICE PREPARED BY HIM WAS CHALLENGED AT TRIAL.

Proper examination of this issue requires us to review the trial judge’s denial…