United States v. Tripp

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES, Senior Judge:

Sergeant Tripp was convicted of committing indecent acts.1 On appeal, he asks that we remand his case for an inquiry to determine whether the trial defense counsel had a conflict of interests,2 and he contends that the convening authority’s action violated R.C.M. 1108 and their pretrial agreement. He also contends that the dishonorable discharge adjudged should be disapproved because he misunderstood the pretrial agreement.3 The issue relating to the convening authority’s action has merit and requires us to return the case to the convening authority for…