United States v. Garrett

DECISION

CANELLOS, Judge:

The accused was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of adultery and indecent assault. The approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for one year and reduction to airman basic.

On appeal, the accused assigns four errors for our consideration; a discussion of only two is necessary to resolve this case. The first is that the military judge erred in allowing the trial counsel to amend the adultery specification after arraignment. The second is that the military judge erred in admitting into evidence, over the accused’s objection, a…