United States v. Black

I concur with the conclusion that the accused did not receive ineffective representation during the trial. However, I must disassociate myself from the holding that the accused received inadequate representation during the post-trial proceedings. Therefore, I dissent.

My fellow judges have decided that trial defense counsel was inadequate as a result of his failure to adequately respond to the review of the staff judge advocate (hereinafter, the review). The perceived inadequacy was the failure to detect the “inaccurate” statement that the accused was not a volunteer for the 3320th Correction…