United States v. Samuels

Opinion of the Court

Daeden, Chief Judge:

This case concerns the adequacy of a staff judge advocate’s post-trial review that omitted the testimony of a material defense witness.

The accused was tried and convicted of three specifications of robbery. The offenses involved three victims and occurred at nearly the same time in the apartment of Miss Van der Steen, located in Kitzingen, Germany. At the trial, the defense tacitly conceded that the robberies occurred but vigorously contested the identification of the accused as one of the perpetrators.1

According to Miss Van der Steen, the accused and…