United States v. Wooldridge

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The husband-wife relationship provides the basis for this appeal. The Government subpoenaed the accused’s wife as a prosecution witness. Over defense counsel’s objection and despite her later assertion that she did not “want to say anything” against her husband, the accused’s wife testified against him. Her testimony gives substantial support to the findings of guilty on four of the five charges of which the accused was convicted. The accused challenges the correctness of the law officer’s ruling which permitted his wife to testify against him.

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