United States v. Johnson

Appellant cites as prejudicial error the actions of the trial counsel in altering a Booker rights acknowledgement form offered as a prosecution exhibit in presentencing which appellant alleges was an otherwise inadmissible document. The alteration, the making of which trial counsel has admitted, consisted of his adding the date of appellant’s acknowledging signature which had been omitted from the space provided for that purpose. The form, otherwise complete, was executed in accordance with the requirements of United States v. Booker, 5 M.J. 238 (C.M.A.1977) and was admitted into evidence…