United States v. Jackson

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Chief Judge:

The appellant was convicted by a special court-martial of a 45-month absence with*224out leave1 and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and six months’ confinement at hard labor. Both during his trial and before the United States Coast Guard Court of Military Review, he argued unsuccessfully that, due to denial of counsel while in pretrial confinement for a period of 42 days, his case should be dismissed. We granted his Petition for Grant of Review to examine whether there was a denial of his right to the effective assistance of counsel, in violation…