United States v. Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

On this review of appellant’s conviction by a general court-martial, we are asked to set aside the findings and sentence and authorize a rehearing because, the appellant asserts, he was improperly denied “the opportunity to secure civilian counsel.” 1 We hold that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in denying the continuance requested for that purpose.2

The robbery with which the appellant was charged occurred at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on 19 January 1980, and he was placed in pretrial confinement on the following day. The charges were preferred…