United States v. Bishop

DECISION

MURDOCK, Judge:

A general court-martial convicted the appellant, contrary to her pleas, of attempted possession of cocaine, communicating a threat, and indecent assault. The court sentenced her to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, total forfeitures, and reduction to airman basic. On appeal, she alleges a number of errors were committed in the trial and post-trial handling of her case. We agree that she was denied a fair trial when one of the court members apparently fell asleep during instructions on findings. Accordingly, we set aside the findings of…