United States v. McCauley

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

At a hearing held by a special court-martial, the accused was convicted of sleeping on post, in violation of Article *66113, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 913. The Government concedes that error was committed when trial counsel provided the court-martial with a volume of the Court-Martial Reports and asked it to refer to the opinion of this Court in United States v Williams, 4 USCMA 69, 15 CMR 69. Since we have “repeatedly condemned” such References, the concession is appropriate. United States v Chaput, 2 USCMA 127, 7 CMR 3. The…