United States v. Schmidt

This appeal is from the denial by the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals of Appellant’s petition for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of manda mus. See Schmidt v. Boone, 59 M.J. 841 (A.F.Ct.Crim.App.2004). Appellant, who currently holds a security clearance, wishes, to discuss with his civilian defense counsel certain classified information for purposes of preparing his defense at a pending court-martial. The information at issue in this appeal was made available to Appellant by the Government in the course of Appellant’s performance of his military duties. This…