United States v. Brown

All the accused has presented in his unsworn rebuttal statement is a partial conflict with the prose-eution’s case and his own pretrial statements and actions. Thus the post-trial review shows that after being advised of his rights under Article 31, the accused confessed he took the Polaroid Land Camera. In the post-trial statement he says it was “at one time in pawn” to him. The camera may indeed have been pawned with him, but this circumstance is not in anyway inconsistent with the fact he also stole it from the wall locker of the owner. Plainly, therefore, the situation here is entirely…