United States v. Thompson

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

The accused was convicted of multiple forgery allegations. The Government’s case rests principally on the testimony of a questioned documents examiner who testified the accused was the author of the forged instruments in question. The paramount issue before us is whether the military judge erred in allowing the accused’s handwriting exemplars to be used for analysis after it was established they were obtained without a warning under Article 31, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 831.

The accused concedes that United States v. Lloyd, 10 M.J. 172…