United States v. Winter

OPINION OF THE COURT

RIVES, Judge:

When he rejected a guilty plea after receiving admissions from the accused, did the judge err by proceeding with a bench trial? Lacking direct evidence, did the government nonetheless prove that the appellant murdered his infant son by violent, repetitive shaking? When a mannequin’s head flew off during the government’s courtroom demonstration, did that so inflame the judge as to deny the appellant a fair trial? These are among the many questions presented in this case. We conclude that no prejudicial error was committed.

Airman Hugh Winter was convicted of the…