United States v. Williams

DECISION

HERMAN, Judge:

We are concerned, in this case, with a defense challenge for cause of a member of the court, and with the objectivity of the general court-martial convening authority who took action. We find that the military judge properly denied the challenge in that the member did not harbor an “inelastic” attitude toward a sentence of punitive discharge, and that the convening authority was not disqualified from taking action on the case because of an anti-drug abuse program he initiated in his command.

In accordance with his pleas, the accused was convicted by general court-martial…