United States v. Whitner

U.S. v. Whitner

IN THE CASE OF

UNITED STATES, Appellee

v.

Paul E. WHITNER, Sergeant

U.S. Army, Appellant

No. 98-0837

Crim. App. No. 9501034

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Argued March 2, 1999

Decided September 24, 1999

SULLIVAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which COX, C.J., CRAWFORD, and GIERKE, JJ., joined. EFFRON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and in the result.

Counsel

For Appellant: Captain Scott A. De La Vega (argued); Colonel John T. Phelps II, and Lieutenant Colonel Adele H. Odegard (on brief); Major Holly S. G. Coffey.

For Appellee: Captain Kelly R.…