United States v. Gleason

OPINION OF THE COURT

CREAN, Senior Judge:

This ease has taken a long and arduous journey through the military justice system. It is a tale more appropriate for soldiers of fortune than soldiers of the United States Army. Emotions in the appellant’s unit ran so high, both for and against him, that there were significant unlawful command influence issues that required extensive judicial hearings, thousands of pages in the record of trial, and two separate command investigations.

The appellant was tried by a general court-martial1, composed of officer members, for soliciting another to commit…