United States v. Alexander

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKAY, Senior Judge:

Specialist Five Alexander was convicted of distribution of marijuana in the hashish form on two different occasions.1 The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence to be reduced to the grade of E-l, to forfeit all pay and allowances, to be confined at hard labor for 10 years, and to be dishonorably discharged. Alexander now contends the military judge erred by failing to dismiss the charges because of unlawful command influence and, secondly, by failing to conduct a full investigation into his allegations of unlawful command influence. We agree…