United States v. Barnette

MITCHELL, Judge:

The appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone, and was convicted of a variety of drug offenses, receiving inter alia a bad conduct discharge. The appellant complains that the legal officer’s review was not served on trial defense counsel and that there is no evidence of record that the convening authority considered the appellant’s clemency petition.

The appellant was tried on 8 May 1985. The record of trial was authenticated on 3 June 1985 apparently without initial screening by the trial defense counsel. The command recommendation was submitted by the…