United States v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COUET

MILLS, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant Smith was found guilty by exceptions and substitutions of larceny and obstruction of justice by a military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial. The approved sentence is confinement for 3 years.

He now asserts that the military judge erred by forcing his trial defense counsel to be a witness against him, resulting in the severing of their attorney-client relationship. Smith asserts an additional error regarding sufficiency of evidence on the larceny charge and invites our attention to four other issues. We find no…