United States v. Hodge

Appellant moved, at trial, for “a hearing to determine whether or not a fair racial composition exists” on the panel of officers selected to hear his case. In his proffer, made both verbally and in writing, he offered the following: (1) accused is black; (2) no black officers were detailed to sit as *602members at his court-martial;1 (3) defense counsel had been informed that there were no black officer alternates available for the trial of the case; (4) the Chief of Criminal Law had informed counsel that no black officers had been nominated for service in the instant court-martial by any…