United States v. Williams

MITCHELL, Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, appellant was convicted by a bench special court-martial of one count of possession of drug abuse paraphernalia in violation of a general order and one count each of use and possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and a reduction to E-l. Appellant complains that the military judge erred by permitting the trial counsel to impeach him, following his unsworn statement in the sentencing phase of trial, by way of a prior inconsistent statement. We agree with the appellant, but finding no prejudice we affirm.

In his unsworn…