United States v. Denier

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Judge:

Today we address, among other issues, an allegation of unlawful command influence, presented in the context of a conversation between court members allegedly overheard during a trial recess, and the scope of a military judge’s discretion in ruling on a challenge for cause. The command influence *694issue is before us in our Article 661 review of the appellant’s case, and also by way of a petition for new trial referred to us under Article 73, UCMJ.2 We hold the appellant’s allegations are insufficient to raise an issue of unlawful command influence, and reject…