United States v. Adolph

OPINION OF THE COURT

MITCHELL, Senior Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the military judge erred when he permitted the Government to refuse to disclose the identity of a telephone caller who informed military authorities that the appellant “was about ready” to turn in a stolen rifle. We hold that the military judge did not err and affirm.

The appellant was charged with and ultimately convicted of larceny of an M — 16 rifle.* At trial the Government relied on *776the testimony of three principal witnesses, Privates Larry E. Johnson, Leo Lenneman, and Richard A. Likins. Johnson testified that…