United States v. Zilch

DECISION

ARROWOOD, Judge:

The record of trial in this case was authenticated by the trial counsel with the following explanation:

*709Record of trial is being authenticated by the trial counsel in lieu of the military judge because of the military judge’s absence. Lt Col Clarence E. Powell is assigned to the USAF Trial Judiciary First Circuit, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. He was made available to serve as military judge in this case due to a shortage of judges in the Sixth Circuit. The military judge was not present or presiding over other courts-martial within this command nor was he expected to…