United States v. Sawyer

Opinion of the Court

The appellant was convicted and sentenced at his general court-martial1 on August 23, 1976. On September 28, 36 days after trial, the military judge authenticated the 22-page record of trial. On October 27, 29 days after the record had been authenticated, the staff judge advocate completed his 6-page post-trial review. Eleven days later, it was delivered to the defense counsel for opportunity to respond thereto. See United States v. Goode, 1 M.J. 3 (C.M.A.1975). Finally, on November 22, 1976 — 91 days after completion of the trial and fully 11 days following the earliest…