United States v. Rodriquez

OPINION OF THE COURT

In this case the appellant asks the Court to adopt the rule promulgated by the United States Air Force Court of Military Review in United States v. Boston, 7 M.J. 954 (A.F.C.M.R.1979), requiring the staff judge advocate to submit to the convening authority a response to any comment made by the trial defense counsel to the staff judge advocate’s review pursuant to United States v. Goode, 1 M.J. 3 (C.M.A.1975).1 We decline to do so.

We concede that in many cases it will be beneficial to the convening authority and to the appellate agencies for the staff judge advocate to make…