United States v. Sturdivant

OPINION OF THE COURT

The accused contends that certain summaries of the trial proceedings, in the form of notes by the reporter, render the transcript of trial significantly nonverbatim and, consequentially, invalidate the bad-conduct discharge imposed by the court-martial. Article 19, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 819; United States v. Whitney, 23 U.S.C.M.A. 48, 48 C.M.R. 519 (1974). Reviewing the contention, the Court of Military Review concluded that the verbatim portion of the proceedings, before and after each note, provided “a sufficient statement” of each unrecorded…