United States v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether the military judge made a reviewable “ruling” concerning the privilege against adverse spousal testimony (see Mil.R.Evid. 504(a)) and, if so, whether the appellant preserved the “ruling” for our review. We resolve both ends of this issue against the appellant.

In a prosecution based on the results of a random inspection urinalysis (see Mil.R.Evid. 313(b)), members convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of a single specification of using cocaine, in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ.1 His approved sentence is a…