United States v. James

Opinion of the Court

Examination of the facts of this, case1 reveals a bramble-bush of testimonial controversy over statements of the appellant allegedly embodying evidence of uncharged misconduct. These, appellant asserts, required the military judge to issue *383limiting instructions and his failure to do so mandates reversal. Without enmeshing ourselves in the undelineated evidence in this transcript, we would characterize the statements made before and after the execution of the charged criminal act as facts immediately related to the determination of guilt as to the charge successfully…