United StateS v. Ware

Opinion of the Court

This special court-martial1 was convened on January 27, 1975, by Lieutenant Colonel Rader, the Commanding Officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron-16, Detachment Marine Aircraft Group-16, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing located at Camp Pendleton, California. At an initial Article 39(a), 10 U.S.C. § 839(a) session during the trial held approximately one month subsequent to the convening order, the trial counsel announced a modification to it, replacing the original military judge. The oral modification was to be supplemented by a written memorandum. A document…