United States v. Taylor

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Judge:

Court members convicted appellant of premeditated murder, burglary, and larceny (Article 118, 129, and 121, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 918, 929, 921 (1988)), and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for life, total forfeitures, and reduction to E-l. Appellant assigns four errors: (1) the military judge’s instruction on the use of prior consistent and inconsistent statements was prejudicial error; (2) the president of the court was incompetent and unfit because he was later convicted of several offenses; (3) the military judge failed to ask court…