United States v. Crudup

EFFRON, Chief Judge, with whom BAKER, Judge,

joins (dissenting):

Appellant was convicted of a variety of offenses arising out of an incident involving his wife and his infant son. The offenses included assaulting his wife, assaulting his son, resisting apprehension, making a false official statement, and signing a false official record.

At trial, a military law enforcement officer who responded to the scene of an altercation between Appellant and his wife on August 28, 2004, testified about the information he had obtained from Appellant’s wife. According to the officer, Appellant’s wife said…