United States v. Brown

I disagree with my brothers on two grounds. In the first place, responsibility for the untimely R.C.M. 1105 submission in this case rests squarely on the shoulders of a dilatory trial defense counsel. On 1 November, the trial defense counsel was notified that he had ten days to submit matters to the convening authority. On 16 November, he belatedly requested additional time and received an extension until 30 November. That date came and went with no response from the trial defense counsel. Seven days late, he submitted the matters *615in question. If the time limits in R.C.M. 1105 are to have any…