United States v. Lassiter

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The question before us is whether the law officer erred in denying a defense motion to dismiss certain charges or to refer them to another Article 32 investigation. Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 832.

At the pretrial investigation individual defense counsel moved that all witnesses which the Government proposed to use at the trial be produced for examination. Only one of the several' prospective witnesses appeared and was examined. However, evidence was admitted to show that the other witnesses were unavailable. Their expected…