United States v. McClelland

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARMICHAEL, Judge:

Appellant asserts that the record of trial fails to reflect service of the staff judge advocate’s (SJA) post-trial recommendation on his trial defense counsel. Our review of the record leads us to the contrary conclusion.

First, paragraph 7 of the post-trial recommendation states that the recommendation was served on the defense counsel. Second, a memorandum in the record, signed by a noncommissioned officer in the Criminal Law Division of the SJA’s office, states that the trial defense counsel waived submission of post-trial matters. Thus, we find that…