United States v. Frazier

Reduced to its essence, the question presented in this appeal is — How far down the path of speculation and argument may a witness be led by the prosecutor in an effort to show the harmful potential results of an accused’s crime? Although the Army Court of Military Review has ventured into this area somewhat, see, e.g., United States v. Stevens, 21 MJ 649 (1985); United States v. Young, 8 MJ 676, pet. denied, 9 MJ 15 (1980), counsel have cited and I have found no especially authoritative case out of this Court.

As the court in Stevens put it: “It is axiomatic that counsel may argue and the…