United States v. Nelson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ferguson, Senior Judge:

We granted this appellant’s petition for review to consider the question of whether the post-trial review of the staff judge advocate was adequate absent any discussion therein of either of two contested search and seizure issues or a possible grant of immunity to a key prosecution witness.

In a trial by a general court-martial convened by the Commanding General, 3d Infantry Division, at Wurzburg, Germany, the accused pleaded not guilty to offenses alleging extortion, simple assault, sale and possession of morphine, possession of hashish and…